Donald Trump Friday slammed Tim Kaine as Hillary Clinton's running mate and ripped the Virginia senator's support for President Barack Obama's policies.
"Tim Kaine is Hillary's VP pick," Trump said in a text message to supporters that was reported by
Politico. "The ultimate insiders — Obama, Hillary, and Kaine.
"Don't let Obama have a 3rd Term. Contribute," he said.
Shortly thereafter, campaign spokesman Jason Miller emailed a statement to Politico dubbing the former Virginia governor "Corrupt Kaine" and attacking him as an "ethically challenged insider."
"It's only fitting that Hillary Clinton would select an ethically challenged insider like Tim Kaine who's personally benefited from the rigged system," he said. "While serving in government, Kaine has taken tens of thousands of dollars in freebies — more than $160,000 in fact — on free vacations, free clothes, and free tickets."
The statement referenced a
Politico story from last month reporting that Kaine had taken advantage of Virginia's "lax gift laws" while in the Statehouse in Richmond.
"If you think Crooked Hillary and Corrupt Kaine are going to change anything in Washington, it's just the opposite," Miller said. "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."