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Tim Kaine: “Stephen Miller is calling the shots. And as long as he is…”

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

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Sen. Tim Kaine says he made a "big mistake" voting for Kristi Noem's confirmation

Published | Video Starts at 04:18

Democrats who shot. She was a governor. Governors are often good cabinet secretaries. But what we learned, and this bears going forward, is that she wasn't calling the shots. Stephen Miller is calling the shots. And as long as he is calling the shots, without reforms, this is going to continue to be a very rogue renegade department. Well, do you need to see and hear something from Senator Mark Wayne Mullen to get you to vote for him? If you're saying he's just going to be basically a puppet of Stephen Miller, that's our fear. (04:18–04:30)

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Asserts that Stephen Miller is influencing decisions, leading to a rogue department without reforms.

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