http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/291684-kaine-said-in-2002-that-clinton-should-have-resigned-overAugust 17, 2016, 08:07 am
Kaine in 2002: Clinton should have resigned over Lewinsky scandal
By Harper Neidig
Hillary Clinton’s running mate once said Bill Clinton should have resigned over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, the Daily Beast reported Wednesday.
Sen. Tim Kaine's (D-Va.) remark came in 2002 amid a sexual harassment scandal surrounding the then-speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, Republican Vance Wilkins.
The Daily Beast pointed to a Richmond Times-Dispatch article found in the news site’s archive that quoted then-Lt. Gov. Kaine’s response to the scandal.
“’If the allegations are true, he should definitely resign,’ Kaine said, adding he held the same view about President Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal,” reads the article from June 8, 2002.
“That is an intolerable way to treat women and it’s not something that the state should be dragged through,” Kaine added at the time.
The Daily Beast also quoted a passage from a Washington Post report:
“Lt. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D), who may face [state Attorney General Jerry] Kilgore in the 2005 governor's race, likened the matter to the sexual scandal of President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica S. Lewinsky, saying, ‘If the allegations are true, he ought to resign.’ ”
