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mass deportations Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) expressed grave concerns regarding the potential economic repercussions of the Trump administration’s proposed deportation measures. In an interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Kaine stated, “I’m hearing significant concerns from many sectors in the Virginia economy, agriculture, hospitality, health care, construction, that massive deportation rates would be an absolute gut punch to the Virginia and American economy.”
Morally conflicted Tim Kaine (D-VA) claims Trump's mass deportation will cause a lot of pain for consumers and employers. pic.twitter.com/kgQAj2U1Jd
— DeVory Darkins (@devorydarkins) January 19, 2025
Kaine further elaborated that the combined impact of mass deportations and tariffs threatened by the former president could inflict substantial harm on consumers and employers alike. “If you add to that the Trump threat of massive tariffs, I think you’re going to see a lot of pain for consumers and a lot of pain for employers if they carry through on mass deportation,” he cautioned.
While acknowledging the former president’s penchant for making bold statements without following through, Kaine emphasized the potential economic fallout. “Now look, you’ve got a president who says a lot of things and then chooses not to do them, so I don’t know exactly what this is going to look like. But I would say that the economy of Virginia and the economy of this country is going to suffer through deporta- mass deportations and tariffs, if they go forward with what the President has said he will do.”
Mic drop from Mullin to Tim Kaine:
"The Senator from Virginia starts bringing up, the fact that, 'what if you showed up drunk to your job?'
How many Senators have showed up drunk to vote at night? Have any of you guys asked them to step down?" π₯pic.twitter.com/q5lDC5PFUz
— Sara Rose πΊπΈπΉ (@saras76) January 14, 2025
When Brennan inquired about the differences between the Biden and Trump administrations’ deportation priorities, Kaine highlighted the Biden administration’s focus on criminals posing public safety risks or threats of violence. He expressed concern over the Trump administration’s potential broader scope, citing a pending Senate bill that could lead to deportations based solely on arrests without convictions. “A fundamental aspect of our society is that an arrest doesn’t mean anything unless there’s a conviction, because people get arrested all the time for things that they didn’t do,” Kaine stated. “So if the Trump administration says, look, an arrest leads to deportation even without a conviction, yep, it’s going to look completely different, completely different than what the policy has been during the Biden administration.”