Donald Trump acts like a child in many ways. One of the things he’s been doing is giving his opponents cutesy nicknames. They are pretty stupid. We have “Lyin’ Ted” for Ted Cruz, “Lil Marco” for Marco Rubio, and “Low-energy Jeb” for Jeb Bush. For his democratic rivals, we have “Crooked Hillary” for Hillary Clinton and “Goofy Elizabeth” and the occasional “Pocahontas” for Elizabeth Warren.
Now that Hillary Clinton has picked her running mate, Trump has a dumb nickname for him. Donald Trump has already coined “Corrupt Kaine” for Tim Kaine (D-VA). I’m surprised he didn’t spell it with a K to match Kaine.
He sent a text message to his supporters Saturday. It said:
“Tim Kaine is Hillary’s VP pick. The ultimate insiders – Obama, Hillary, and Kaine. Don’t let Obama have a 3rd Term. Contribute.”
Trump took to his natural habitat on Twitter to ridicule Clinton’s V.P. pick, where he said:
Tim Kaine is, and always has been, owned by the banks. Bernie supporters are outraged, was their last choice. Bernie fought for nothing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2016
Trump is also saying that Kaine took illegal gifts in Virginia:
Is it the same Kaine that took hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts while Governor of Virginia and didn't get indicted while Bob M did?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2016
It looks like the Republicans have found one detail about Tim Kaine to focus on. Apparently, he took a gift from a venture capitalist in 2005. It was legal, but the Republicans are going to focus on it anyway.
A Kaine spokeswoman, Amy Dudley, said:
“During his eight years as lieutenant governor and governor, Senator Kaine went beyond the requirements of Virginia law, promptly disclosing any and all gifts received, including those beneath the reporting threshold. All disclosure information — the vast majority of which was for work-related travel expenses rather than gifts — has been publicly available for years and never once raised any concerns of impropriety.”
A Trump spokesman, Jason Miller, said:
“If you think Crooked Hillary and Corrupt Kaine are going to change anything in Washington, it’s just the opposite. They do well by the current system, while the rest of America gets left behind.The choice has never been clearer – Donald Trump calls on us to Believe in America, while the Status Quo ticket of Clinton-Kaine wants us to believe in a rigged system that enriches them at your expense.”
Please vote blue everyone. This orange-tinted, overgrown middle-schooler can’t be president.
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