Clinton-Kaine ticket debuts at Miami rally

Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine
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Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her new running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, held a rally at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami Saturday, marking their official debut as a complete 2016 ticket.

Kaine is perceived as a cautious choice whom Clinton hopes will boost her fortunes among moderate Democrats and independents who might otherwise be attracted to Republican Donald Trump. Florida Democrats traveled from around the state to attend the campaign event, lining up by the hundreds outside the doors hours before it began.

"Sen. Tim Kaine is everything Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not," Clinton said in her introduction when the pair came on stage. "He is qualified to step into this job and lead on Day 1. And he is a progressive who likes to get things done."

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Watch a live stream of the rally below. Bonnie Kristian

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.