Sen. Tim Kaine: 'It's Up To Trump To Say That He'll Live By A Deal'

Sen. Tim Kaine explained to Fox's Shannon Bream why Democrats can't take Leader John Thune's word for anything when it comes to ending the shutdown. Kaine made an appearance on this weekend's Fox News Sunday, and was asked by host Shannon Bream about Sen. John Fetterman's statement that he believes that "Majority Leader Thune is an honorable guy" and can be trusted to negotiate in good faith if the Democrats voted to end the shutdown.

Kain proceeded to explain why there's no reason they should believe any of Thune's assurances:

BREAM: And so Senator Kaine, couple of things. Do you believe that Leader Thune is an honorable, quote, reasonable guy? And why not vote to reopen and then begin conversations, debates, negotiations?

KAINE: I'm... Shannon there's two issues that really are driving us. One is the fact that folks' healthcare premiums are spiking largely because of the reconciliation bill that the Republicans passed in the summer.

For example in Virginia, if you are at 100 percent of poverty or below, you just got to notice this week that your healthcare premium is going up by 2000 percent. If you're between 100 percent and 130 percent, slightly above the poverty level, your premium is going to to up by 95 percent.

Even Republicans want to fix this. People are hurting now, let's fix it now.

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