by nolan d. mccaskill 10/24/16 10:00 am edt donald trump alleged monday that the media are <u+201c>in the tank<u+201d> for hillary clinton, apparently because no one has asked her running mate <u+201c>about the horrible views emanated on wikileaks about catholics.<u+201d> trump<u+2019>s premise, however, is false. story continued below democratic vice presidential nominee tim kaine has responded to multiple questions about the clinton<u+2019>s campaign<u+2019>s rhetoric about catholics, which was revealed among troves of hacked emails from clinton campaign chairman john podesta<u+2019>s personal email account. <u+201c>why has nobody asked kaine about the horrible views emanated on wikileaks about catholics?<u+201d> trump tweeted monday morning. <u+201c>media in the tank for clinton but trump will win!<u+201d> kaine, who is a catholic, is on the record responding to such questions on at least four occasions. <u+201c>i do know what hillary clinton thinks about catholicism because she picked a catholic running mate and we talked an awful lot about my own faith background, and she and i feel like that<u+2019>s a connection for us,<u+201d> he told bret baier on <u+201c>fox news sunday<u+201d> on oct. 16. in an interview the same day with abc<u+2019>s <u+201c>this week,<u+201d> kaine said he is <u+201c>very, very serious" about his faith, <u+201c>and hillary views that as a real asset.<u+201d> <u+201c>i don<u+2019>t vouch for anything in the emails, but i know directly what hillary clinton feels about catholics and the importance of having a values-based orientation to public service,<u+201d> he said, this time in an interview tuesday with cnbc. and just one day ago, the virginia senator pointed to his selection as clinton<u+2019>s running mate as demonstrative of how the top of the ticket views catholics. <u+201c>hillary clinton<u+2019>s feeling about faith and about catholicism in particular is most demonstrated by the fact that she asked me to be a running mate,<u+201d> he told <u+201c>meet the press<u+201d> host chuck todd on sunday. <u+201c>and she described one of the reasons that she felt a connection with me was because of my own faith background, my missionary service in honduras and my jesuit education, which she felt was a pretty close match in some ways for her methodist upbringing. that is the most direct evidence about what hillary thinks about catholics.<u+201d> trump<u+2019>s campaign has highlighted the exchange revealed by wikileaks as anti-catholic bigotry from the clinton campaign. in the email correspondence to which trump is referring, jennifer palmieri, who is also a catholic and now serves as clinton<u+2019>s communications director, wrote that wealthy people find conservatism more acceptable from catholics than evangelicals. in response to an email from center for american progress fellow john halpin, who had accused prominent catholic conservatives of <u+201c>an amazing bastardization of the [catholic] faith,<u+201d> palmieri said she imagines <u+201c>they think it is the most socially acceptable politically conservative religion. their rich friends wouldn<u+2019>t understand if they became evangelicals.<u+201d> by thomas wright by bill scher by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
trump falsely accuses media of not pushing kaine on catholic flap - politico
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