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Tim Kaine: “Absolutely not. But Chuck and I had a really interesting…”

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Tim Kaine defends switching his 'no vote to yes' on ending the shutdown: Full interview

Published | Video Starts at 10:32

Senator, just very quickly, did Leader Schumer give you his blessing to end the shutdown? No, he did not. He tacit or otherwise. I understand that, but did he give you his tacit blessing? Absolutely not. But Chuck and I had a really interesting argument about an unrelated topic a couple of years ago. We where I was going a different direction than he was on something and he was really, really pushing me. (10:32–10:39)

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Asserts that Chuck Schumer did not give tacit approval for ending the shutdown.

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