Kaine: Impeachment talk means they ‘think [they’re] probably going to lose’

Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Tim Kaine was on my radio show Thursday night. I asked him how a Clinton administration could work with a Congress that wants toinvestigate and even impeach the new president day one, should she get elected. Calling from Iowa before heading to Arizona, Senator. Kaine told me what expectations Clinton has for her vice president and how he plans to use Vice President Joe Biden as a role model if he and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton win on November 8th. Kaine also discussed whether FBI director James Comey is trying to affect the election with his letter about the FBI’s investigation into the emails of Hillary Clinton and others, and if Russia is trying to influence the election.

COLMES: Do you think Comey is trying to influence the election?

SEN. KAINE: I don’t think he is trying to influence the outcome of the election, I don’t question his integrity, but I do have serious questions about the judgment demonstrated by this, you know, this highly unusual letter that was so cryptic that he kind of had to do a do-over letter the next day that he put out last week…

COLMES: Do you think Russia is trying to influence the election?

SEN. KAINE: Yes, and that is not just my opinion. I would be reluctant to reach that conclusion on my own. But when you have pretty much the combined weight of all our national intelligence and military agencies reaching that conclusion with hacks with individuals, parties and state boards of elections, it is very, very clear they are trying to do it, and it’s unprecedented in our history. I think when the dust settles after this election, and people go back and look at it, this will be the biggest story of this election that a foreign government tried to get deeply involved in influencing the outcome of this election and I’ve been saying to people if you need one more reason to vote and participate, you need to do it to send a message to Russia, or frankly any other nation, don’t bother to come in and tinker with American democracy.

COLMES: You mentioned working with Congress. How would a Clinton administration deal with the Congress that refuses to consider any Supreme Court nominees, some are talking impeachment. Jason Chaffetz of the House Oversight Committee chomping at the bit to do investigations day one. How do you bridge that gap?

SEN. KAINE: You know I’ll tell you Alan, I’ve really despaired in the last few days seeing some of the comments. People are throwing the impeachment word around before the election has even taken place. First it suggests a little bit of defeatism, like we think we’re probably going to lose. Second, it also suggests a really bad view of what the role of a legislator is. Same about this investigation stuff. I thought legislators were supposed to legislate. I mean investigations are part of it, but he real issue is legislation. So I hope folks and voters will hold them accountable. Yeah, don’t tell us what you want to block, tell us what’s is that you want to do.

The full interview is here.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.