Clinton picks Virginia’s Tim Kaine for VP

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Hillary Clinton has picked Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her vice presidential running mate Friday evening, a decision she announced via text message just days before Democrats gather in Philadelphia for their 2016 convention.

In a tweet moments later, Clinton lauded Kaine as “a relentless optimist who believes no problem is unsolvable if you put in the work to solve it.”

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