Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Clinton formally introduces VP pick Kaine at rally
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Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 11:48:07 -0600

Hillary Clinton rolled out Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate at a campaign rally in Florida on Saturday.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee first announced the addition of the Virginia senator to the ticket in a text message to supporters Friday evening but formally - and strategically - introduced him Saturday at a rally in Miami at Florida International University. 

"I have to say that Sen. Tim Kaine is everything that Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not," Clinton said, comparing her VP to the Republican ticket. "He is qualified to step into this job and lead on Day One, and he is a progressive who likes to get things done."

Clinton's veep rollout, unlike her Trump's a week ago, comes before key demographics in a swing state. FIU, one of two major universities in the city, has a 60 percent Hispanic student population. 

The Clinton-Kaine campaign appearance is their second in as many weeks. Kaine, a former governor and Democratic National Committee chair, first joined Clinton on the trail last Thursday in what was viewed as his veep audition. 

Clinton, speaking behind a lectern branded with her signature "H" logo with Clinton's name above Kaine's, highlighted the tandem as a unity ticket, while painting a stark contrast to their fall rivals.

Of Trump, who in his convention address Thursday said he alone could fix America's problems, Clinton said, "He's not only wrong. He's dangerously wrong. We Americans, we solve problems together. And if Donald doesn't understand that, he doesn't understand America. I know that no one does anything all alone. And part of our challenge is to make sure we do work together." 

Before introducing Kaine, Clinton hailed him as a progressive and family man who puts others first but who also has a "backbone of steel." Clinton has said that she wanted a vice president who was ready to assume the role of the presidency.

"At every stage of Tim's career, the people who know him best have voted to give him a promotion. And that's because he fights for the people he represents and he delivers real results," Clinton said. "I can't wait for all of you to get to know him the way that I have."

"I just can't think of anybody better to have by my side, on the campaign trail, in the White House," she added. "Together, we are going to take on the challenges that are hurting Americans." 

Trump, who rolled out Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate in Manhattan before accepting the Republican Party's nomination for president this week, ripped Kaine in a series of tweets stretching back to late Friday, casting the Virginia lawmaker as the antithesis of progressive Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

"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?" Trump quipped in a tweet Friday evening.

Early Saturday morning, Trump predicted a floor fight at next week's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, insisting that Sanders' supporters are incensed by the selection of Kaine.

"The Bernie Sanders supporters are furious with the choice of Tim Kaine, who represents the opposite of what Bernie stands for. Philly fight?" Trump asked.

Minutes later, he added: "Tim Kaine is, and always has been, owned by the banks. Bernie supporters are outraged, was their last choice. Bernie fought for nothing!"

In an emailed statement Friday night, the Trump campaign also blasted "Corrupt Kaine" for accepting $160,000 in gifts during his tenure as Virginia governor and lieutenant governor, though it was legal under lax state laws.

"If you think Crooked Hillary and Corrupt Kaine are going to change anything in Washington, it's just the opposite," Trump campaign senior communications adviser Jason Miller said. "They do well by the current system, while the rest of America gets left behind."

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