WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump's speech last night:

"Donald Trump spoke to the nation last night for nearly half an hour. Did he share any semblance of a plan to lower Americans' housing, food, or energy costs? Or to end his deeply unpopular war with Iran that is putting servicemembers at risk and crushing working families at the pump? Of course not. Apparently, he'd rather focus on obsessing over an election he lost six years ago and spinning up previously debunked conspiracies about the fairness of America's elections. But after 18 months of the Trump-Vance Administration's lies and blatant corruption, the American people aren't buying this sham. They will see any attempts by Trump to undermine our upcoming elections for what they are: pathetic moves by an insecure, ineffective President who is desperate to shield himself and his party from accountability at the ballot box."

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