--- title: DNC: Read Tim Kaine's Speech at the Democratic Convention description: On Wednesday night, Tim Kaine accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president at the Philadelphia convention. canonical: https://time.com/4426037/dnc-tim-kaine-speech-transcript-video/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T02:44:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T12:34:48.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Tim Kaine's Speech at the Democratic Convention og:description: "Most people, when they run for president, they don’t just say ‘believe me.'" og:url: https://time.com/4426037/dnc-tim-kaine-speech-transcript-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1569e616389b9ce/69889f03bc6cfc29853ddf13/tim-kaine1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Tim Kaine's Speech at the Democratic Convention twitter:description: "Most people, when they run for president, they don’t just say ‘believe me.'" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1569e616389b9ce/69889f03bc6cfc29853ddf13/tim-kaine1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Tim Kaine's Speech at the Democratic Convention by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:34 PM UTCPublished: Jul 28, 2016 2:44 AM UTC  Tim Kaine speaks at a rally for Hillary Clinton in Miami, on July 23, 2016. Tim Kaine speaks at a rally for Hillary Clinton in Miami, on July 23, 2016.Mary Altaffer—AP by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:34 PM UTCPublished: Jul 28, 2016 2:44 AM UTC Tim Kaine made his solo national debut as Hillary Clinton’s running mate at the Democratic national convention Wednesday, sharing his life story and sharpening his attacks on Donald Trump. The Virginia Senator argued that Trump has not spelled out his plans, unlike Clinton, who has detailed proposals on her campaign website. “Here’s the thing. Most people, when they run for president, they don’t just say ‘believe me,’” Kaine said, mimicking Trump. “They respect you enough to tell you how they will get things done.” “Not Donald Trump,” he added. “He never tells you how he’s going to do any of the things he says he’s going to do. He just says, ‘believe me.’ So here’s the question. Do you really believe him? Donald Trump’s whole career says you better not.” **Read More:** [_How Tim Kaine’s Record On Guns Helps With Women Voters_](http://time.com/4420619/tim-kaine-guns-women-voters/) Read his remarks as prepared for delivery: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4426037/dnc-tim-kaine-speech-transcript-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4426037/dnc-tim-kaine-speech-transcript-video/"},"headline":"Read Tim Kaine's Speech at the Democratic Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-28T02:44:37.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T12:34:48.000Z","description":"\"Most people, when they run for president, they don’t just say ‘believe me'\"","url":"https://time.com/4426037/dnc-tim-kaine-speech-transcript-video/","keywords":["Democratic National Convention","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Tim Kaine"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1569e616389b9ce/69889f03bc6cfc29853ddf13/tim-kaine1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1569e616389b9ce/69889f03bc6cfc29853ddf13/tim-kaine1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine","caption":"Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine","creditText":"Mary Altaffer—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/democratic-national-convention/","name":"Democratic National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4426037/dnc-tim-kaine-speech-transcript-video/","name":"Read Tim Kaine's Speech at the Democratic Convention"}}]}] ```