Tim Kaine: “I led the effort to try to deny Secretary of Labor Acosta…”

“Let's put all the facts and all the material out on the table, and then folks can reach their own judgments about anybody connected with this horrible, horrible case. I led the effort to try to deny Secretary of Labor Acosta confirmation in the first Trump administration. because of his involvement in this sweetheart deal, which even knowing a fraction of the facts back then in 2017, it looked horrible. And he eventually had to resign in disgrace because of it.” (03:45–03:53)

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