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# Tim Kaine Brought Zingers With Him to the Vice Presidential Debate

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## Video: Tim Kaine Brought Zingers With Him to the Vice Presidential Debate

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_Published 2016-10-05. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine came to Tuesday's vice presidential debate armed with an arsenal of prepared zingers._


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## Transcript

[ APPLAUSE ] Do you want a your hired President in Hillary Clinton, or do you want a your fired President in Donald Trump? You are Donald Trump's apprentice. He stood on the stage last week, and when Hillary said you haven't been paying taxes, he said that makes me smart. And I guess all of us who do pay for those things, I guess we're stupid. Again, I cannot believe that Governor Pence will defend the insult driven campaign that Donald Trump has run. Donald Trump. Donald Trump can't start a twitter war with Miss Universe without shooting himself in the foot. He loves dictators. He's got kind of a personal Mount Rushmore.

Vladimir Putin, Please. Kim Jong On, Muammar Gaddafi, Come on. And Saddam Hussein. If you don't know the difference between dictatorship and leadership, then you gotta go back to a fifth grade Civics class. He is asking everybody to vote for somebody that he cannot defend and I just think that [ CROSSTALK ]

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