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Tim Kaine: “My colleague, Mark Kelly. His life has already been marred…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Trump's Call for Violence

Published | Video Starts at 01:10

… our troops and our veterans, like John McCain, in whose office I now serve in the Russell Building. But the other thing that I'm particularly upset about, about this is My colleague, Mark Kelly. His life has already been marred forever by political violence with the attempted assassination of his wife, Gabby Giffords. And for President Trump to encourage violence against Alyssa Slotkin and Mark Kelly is just a way to demonstrate it again and again. There's no bottom with this guy. (01:10–01:21)

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Asserts that Mark Kelly's life was affected by political violence due to the attempted assassination of Gabby Giffords.

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