McAuliffe Pushes for Tim Kaine To Be Clinton’s Running Mate

McAuliffe Pushes for Tim Kaine to Be Clinton’s Running Mate (The Washington Free Beacon)

Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D., Va.) pushed for Hillary Clinton to pick Virginia Senator Tim Kaine (D.) to be her running mate during an interview Wednesday on WTOP radio in Washington, D.C.

One of the radio hosts asked McAuliffe, a longtime Clinton ally, what he has heard from the Clinton campaign about the possibility of picking Kaine to be her vice presidential candidate and what kind of match he would be. Kaine is on Clinton’ s short list of potential running mates, and the presumptive Democratic nominee is expected to announce her pick by the Democratic National Convention next month in Philadelphia.

“Clearly, I think [Kaine is] the best person. I’m advocating very hard on this to both Secretary Clinton and former President Clinton,” McAuliffe said. “My voice is very well known on the topic. Virginia is a key swing state for us. You win Virginia, it’s very hard for the Republicans to win the White House. You know, Tim on the foreign affairs, I mean he’s got, you know, mayor, lieutenant governor, governor, now the United States Senate. Very highly respected.