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| Tim Kaine fought back tears |
Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine fought back tears on camera during
a visit to Orlando’s Pulse shooting memorial, before vowing “We’ve got
work to do.”
Vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine laid flowers at a memorial
surrounding the Orlando, Fla. club, alongside former Rep. Gabby Giffords
as well as her husband astronaut Mark Kelly and Sen. Bill Nelson.
He reflected on serving as Governor of Virginia during the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, when 37 people died.
Fighting back tears after placing flowers at the memorial, Mr Kaine said: “The thing that’s painful about this… this is a weird thing to say but I always hoped that the Virginia Tech one would be the worst one ever.
As bad as that was, I hoped that nothing would eclipse it, but such is life.”
He vowed: “We’ve got work to do.”
Senator Kaine has been a long-time advocate for LGBT+ equality. He was one of the original sponsors of the Equality Act, and in 2006 on becoming the Governor of Virginia he signed an executive order to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
His views contrast with Donald Trump’s VP pick Mike Pence, a diehard opponent of LGBT rights who previously signed a ‘religious freedom’ law permitting anti-LGBT discrimination.
Fighting back tears after placing flowers at the memorial, Mr Kaine said: “The thing that’s painful about this… this is a weird thing to say but I always hoped that the Virginia Tech one would be the worst one ever.
As bad as that was, I hoped that nothing would eclipse it, but such is life.”
He vowed: “We’ve got work to do.”
Senator Kaine has been a long-time advocate for LGBT+ equality. He was one of the original sponsors of the Equality Act, and in 2006 on becoming the Governor of Virginia he signed an executive order to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
His views contrast with Donald Trump’s VP pick Mike Pence, a diehard opponent of LGBT rights who previously signed a ‘religious freedom’ law permitting anti-LGBT discrimination.
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