Sounding curiously and unusually reasonable. Hmmm!

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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said he’s not “automatically” opposed to voting for President Donald Trump’s next pick for attorney general.

Trump fired former Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, two months after a heated hearing over her handling of the Epstein files. Kaine didn’t vote for Bondi’s confirmation hearing in 2025. However, NBC’s Kristen Welker noted he did vote for other Trump administration officials, such as former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and asked if he’s open to voting yes to whoever Trump picks as Bondi’s replacement.

Kaine said he “never start off as an automatic no,” and added “we’ll see” who Trump proposes.

“If you get elected as president, I think that should carry a mandate to put in an executive team,” Kaine said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “If somebody is not qualified or has lack of character, I’ll vote no. But I never start off as a no.”

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Posted by VA LSU fan

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Posted on 4/5/26 at 2:47 pm to conservativewifeymom

It's a Democrat ploy to sound moderate and then slam Trump later for his pick being to far right.

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Posted by deltaland

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Posted on 4/5/26 at 2:52 pm to conservativewifeymom

quote:
you get elected as president, I think that should carry a mandate to put in an executive team,”

If only Republican senate majority leader Thune understood this

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Posted by Loserman

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Posted on 4/5/26 at 2:59 pm to conservativewifeymom

It doesn’t matter the democrats don’t have the votes to stop appointments

So it is therefore just political talking

He can put out that he is reasonable while knowing his vote doesn’t matter

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