{"id":2272108,"date":"2024-06-19T22:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T02:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-kaine-hung-cao-senate-battle-already-heating-up-following-virginia-primary\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T22:58:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T02:58:15","slug":"tim-kaine-hung-cao-senate-battle-already-heating-up-following-virginia-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-kaine-hung-cao-senate-battle-already-heating-up-following-virginia-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Senate race heats up as Tim Kaine faces Hung Cao after primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftim-kaine-hung-cao-senate-battle-already-heating-up-following-virginia-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2272108&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Cao, a retired Navy combat veteran endorsed by former President Donald Trump, secured the Republican nomination in \u200bVirginia to compete against Democrat Tim Kaine in the upcoming November election.\u2062 Cao \u200bemphasized his military background and criticized Kaine for enriching himself during his\u200c time in public office. He also opposes Kaine on\u2062 issues like abortion and immigration, asserting he would not support\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-claims-a-national-abortion-ban-is-possible-if-roe-v-wade-is-overturned\/\" title=\"McConnell Claims A National Abortion Ban Is \u2018Possible\u2019 If Roe V. Wade Is Overturned\">national abortion ban<\/a> and accusing Kaine of ineffective border security policies. Kaine,\u200d on\u200c the other\u2063 hand, attacked Cao for his stance on local\u200d issues\u200d and labeled him as an elitist, pointing out Cao&#8217;s derogatory remarks about a Virginia-based newspaper and his lack of\u2064 willingness to travel extensively in the \u2064state.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>Cao, a retired Navy combat veteran backed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican nomination in Virginia on Tuesday to take on Kaine in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ar-aa15prxo\/\" title=\"Pope Benedict XVI, who was 95 years old, has died\">spent twenty-<\/a>five years in the Navy, while Tim Kaine spent thirty years in elected office. The taxpayers signed the front of our paychecks for the same amount of time,\u201d Cao wrote in his victory post. \u201cThe difference is this: Tim Kaine got rich, and I got scars. Tim Kaine has already placed $2 million in television advertising for the fall, where he will pollute the airwaves with lies about me, but also about him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Kaine\u2019s Tuesday night post about Cao\u2019s win, he said the Republican nominee \u201cwould be an automatic vote for a national abortion ban.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter what Tim Kaine and his super PACs say, I will not vote for any federal ban on abortion,\u201d Cao <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HungCao_VA\/status\/1803208484600635844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"responded\">responded<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The Vietnamese immigrant took on Kaine over the immigration crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you Virginia! For our win to coincide with the date of Joe Biden\u2019s amnesty for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-president-trump-issues-warning-swing-states-that-found-massive-voter-fraud-which-is-all-of-them-cannot-legally-certify-these-votes\/\" title=\"IT\u2019S HAPPENING: President Trump Issues Warning \u2013 Swing States that Found MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD, which is all of them, CANNOT LEGALLY CERTIFY these votes\">illegal immigrants<\/a> highlights the stakes of this November\u2019s election,\u201d Cao said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. \u201cFor women like Laken Riley and Rachel Morin, the Biden-Kaine open border policy was literally a matter of life and death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HungCao_VA\/status\/1803208486504808456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"added\">added<\/a>, \u201cNo matter what Tim Kaine and his super PACs say, Kaine will not secure our border or deport the illegal immigrants that should have never been in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kaine released <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/michbeyer\/status\/1803416854028751070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"his first ad\">his first ad<\/a> in the election on Wednesday against his new opponent by taking aim at Cao for calling the Virginia-based publication the <em>Staunton News Leader<\/em> \u201cpodunk.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The newspaper covers local news in Virginia\u2019s Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta counties. In May, Cao had slammed the paper for doing a \u201chit job\u201d by \u201cthe Left\u201d in a radio interview responding to questions about his use of fundraising money at his Unleash America super PAC.<\/p>\n<p>Kaine also called Cao \u201can elitist\u201d for not driving \u201c6 1\/2 hours\u201d to Abington, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElitists who won\u2019t show up for you will never stand for you,\u201d Kaine said in his ad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSay this for @timkaine: When he drives in the shiv, he always does so with a smile on his face,\u201d columnist Jeff Schapiro <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RTDSchapiro\/status\/1803422623532994588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> about Kaine\u2019s first ad.<\/p>\n<p>In a radio interview on Wednesday morning, Cao <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/oconnor-and-company\/hung-cao-on-his-republican-nomination-win-in-the-u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"slammed\">slammed<\/a> Kaine by saying America is tired of these \u201cbeta-male leaf eaters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republican nominee plans to utilize his Trump endorsement and work with Trump\u2019s 2024 ground team \u201cto win Virginia back.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/virginia\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"two recent polls\">Two recent polls<\/a> from Fox News and Roanoke College showed that Trump is tied in a head-to-head matchup with President Joe Biden in the commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Steve Daines (R-MT) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HungCao_VA\/status\/1803209574469570563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"called\">called<\/a> Virginia \u201ca real pickup opportunity\u201d this election year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kaine has been a long-time Democratic politician on a local and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">national level<\/a>, having been a U.S. senator for Virginia since 2013. He also served as governor from 2006 to 2010 and was the Democratic National Committee chairman from 2009 to 2011, in addition to the running mate to former 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Cao came to the United States as a refugee from Vietnam in 1975 and is a Naval Academy graduate and former special operations officer. He previously ran for Congress in Virginia\u2019s 10th Congressional District in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cao, a retired Navy veteran endorsed by ex-President Trump, clinched the Republican nomination in Virginia to challenge Kaine this November. &#8220;I served 25 years in the Navy, matching Kaine&#8217;s 30 years in office. Taxpayers funded our paychecks equally,&#8221; he stated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2272109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MixCollage-19-Jun-2024-08-42-PM-3483-scaled-1022x1024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2272108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MixCollage-19-Jun-2024-08-42-PM-3483-scaled-1022x1024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2272108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2272109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}