by louis nelson 10/06/16 09:11 am edt asked about his own performance in tuesday night<u+2019>s vice presidential debate, sen. tim kaine said it is donald trump who wound up emerging worse for wear after the running mate matchup at longwood university. cnn <u+201c>new day<u+201d> anchor alisyn camerota presented kaine with a clip of trump campaign manager kellyanne conway, who suggested that the virginia senator<u+2019>s regular interruptions of debate moderator elaine quijano represented a sexist strategy. but kaine refused to address conway<u+2019>s allegation, instead pointing to stories suggesting that trump, himself, had been upset by pence<u+2019>s performance. story continued below "well, alisyn, you<u+2019>ve quoted people from the trump campaign who are not happy with the debate and i understand why they weren't. there<u+2019>s been a lot of stories that suggest that donald trump's reaction to the debate was one of anger. why won't my own running mate defend me?<u+201d> kaine said. the reports referenced by kaine emerged shortly after tuesday<u+2019>s debate, first from the huffington post<u+2019>s sam stein, who wrote on twitter that <u+201c>cnn<u+2019>s john king, reporting from a source close to trump, that the reviews that pence did better [than] he did won<u+2019>t go over well with trump.<u+201d> cnbc<u+2019>s john harwood followed minutes later with his own twitter post, <u+201c>trump adviser on debate after pence passed up opportunities to defend him: <u+2018>pence won overall, but lost with trump.'<u+201d> conway said wednesday morning that such reports were <u+201c>just not true,<u+201d> but that didn<u+2019>t stop kaine from suggesting that indiana gov. mike pence<u+2019>s cool, polished performance might just throw a wrench into trump<u+2019>s debate preparation. <u+201c>i think that is going to work on his head a little bit as he goes into prepping for the really important debate on sunday. he had a poor performance a week ago,<u+201d> kaine said. <u+201c>and then he saw a debate two nights ago where his own running mate sort of threw him under the bus. so yeah, i'm sure that the trump campaign is not happy with that debate. and that puts some extra pressure on him getting ready for sunday.<u+201d> by bill scher by joshua zeitz by thomas wright by jack shafer
kaine: trump rattled by pence not defending him - politico
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