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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Monday shared photos of a child detention facility in Texas that he called “the real Trump Hotel.”
The photos shared by the former Democratic vice presidential nominee show young undocumented immigrants in cages on Sunday at a Customs and Border Protection facility in McAllen, Texas.
Kaine’s tweet came shortly after President Trump doubled down on his "zero tolerance" immigration policy and called on Congress to change laws to end family separation.
By the way, Trump isn’t the only White Supremacist Kaine is getting ready to take on:
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) attacked Republican challenger Corey A. Stewart for his ties to white supremacists in a speech to more than 1,000 cheering Democrats on Saturday, unloading on the brash defender of Confederate symbols who won the GOP nomination last week.
“My opponent likes to praise and encourage white supremacists, those who organize hate-filled rallies like the tragedy in Charlottesville and perpetrate online filth and anti-Semitism,” Kaine said. “This week the American press was filled with stories about his bizarre connections to spreaders of hate. And Israeli newspapers were filled with articles about his ties to notorious anti-Semites. Is this who Virginia is in 2018? Is this what the Senate needs?”
Kaine made the remarks at a Richmond gala headlined by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a potential 2020 presidential contender. Kaine, seeking his second Senate term after running for vice president alongside Hillary Clinton in 2016, never mentioned his opponent by name, saying he did not want anyone to confuse him with “the good Cory.”
Like Trump, Stewart loves using racist themes to rile up the base:
Mr. Stewart stood beside the controversial statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, and raised his voice to denounce protesters calling for the monument’s removal. “They have no respect for our heritage,” he said, calling the Confederate general “a great American.”
Mr. Stewart himself was a Minnesota transplant, who grew up in Duluth and went to law school in St. Paul. But his defense of the Confederacy, which was a central theme in his 2017 run for governor, and his invocation of diversity, which drew applause on his home turf, illustrate a blunt approach to racial issues that mimics President Trump’s. Both men have praised white nationalists in the past while talking about race to suit their purposes — Mr. Trump often takes credit for low black unemployment — and have especially used attacks on immigrants to get attention and stand out among more conventional politicians.
Interviews with more than two dozen Virginians present a portrait of Mr. Stewart as a conservative politician-on-the-make turned Trumpian agitator thirsty for cable television bookings. His evolution is a revealing case study about the incentives for Republicans in the Trump era, but also the risks they run: Longtime colleagues described Mr. Stewart as a brazenly cynical politician who could drag down the party as he tests whether a campaign of attacks on immigrants, schoolyard taunts and made-for-media bombast can prove effective in a state race.
“I have given up trying to figure out what part of Corey Stewart’s statements represent his core beliefs and what represents the things he talks about to get publicity,” said Martin E. Nohe, a fellow Republican on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, where Mr. Stewart serves as chairman and Mr. Nohe is vice chairman.
The conservative group Americans for Prosperity will not back Republican nominee Corey Stewart in the Virginia Senate race this November.
The Associated Press reported Monday that the group, the political arm of GOP mega-donors Charles and David Koch, will sit out Stewart’s effort to defeat incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.). Stewart has faced scrutiny for his ties to white nationalists.
Stewart won the GOP primary in Virginia last week, narrowly edging out the more moderate state Del. Nick Freitas.
Americans for Prosperity provided financial support to Stewart’s opponents during his unsuccessful run in last year's Republican primary for governor.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee has also said it has no plans to endorse Stewart.
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