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Tim Kaine: “No, he did not.”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 10:24

They should focus on their own leadership and let senators do what we need to do to keep this country moving forward. 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. (10:24–10:26)

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Asserts that Chuck Schumer did not give his blessing to end the shutdown.

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