Kaine Hits Pence’s Debate Performance: He Threw Trump ‘Under The Bus’ (VIDEO)

Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine speaks to Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. ... Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine speaks to Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) MORE LESS
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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) on Thursday slammed his opponent Mike Pence for his performance in the vice presidential debate, saying that he threw running mate Donald Trump “under the bus.”

“I was really interested to see, very interested, whether Governor Pence would defend his running mate or not,” Kaine told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota. “And again and again he refused to defend Donald Trump.”

He went on to describe the debate as “really between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump,” speculating that Trump was angry with his running mate for stealing the spotlight while flatly denying many of the GOP nominee’s more controversial comments and positions.

“I think that’s going to work on his head a little bit as he goes into prepping for the really important debate on Sunday,” Kaine said of Trump. “He had a poor performance a week ago, and then he saw a debate two nights ago where his own running mate sort of threw him under the bus.”

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