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Vol. 41, No 8 www.arlingtondemocrats.org August 2016 makes Arlington 13 unleashed at DNC Trump Thirteen Arlingtonians—a lucky number this time— sweat! got to party with the Party in Philadelphia and vote to nomi- nate Sen. to join the Democratic ticket with See page . The Virginia delegation was seated near the front of eight the convention hall where delegates frequently appeared in television cutaways, albeit for only a few seconds at a time. But many stay-at-homes recorded screen grabs that they fired off to the delegates. The convention bar stayed open until 4 a.m., which Help provided diversion as well as libation. elect One of the Arlington delegates, Jason Rylander, re- ported that his roommate, Del. Alfonso Lopez, told him that LuAnn if you do a convention right, “it takes a year off your life.” Bennett Jason didn’t report if he did the convention right. The other Arlingtonians on the convention floor in- to Con- cluded Steve Baker, Cragg Hines and Allida Black, who gress were all Clinton delegates from the 8th Congressional Dis- trict. For Allida, the convention was an especially electric next moment as she has been working for a Clinton presidency door. DELEGATE — Jason Rylan- for a decade as one of the first supporters “ready for Hillary.” der on the convention floor . continued on page six See page three. How the lady got the veep Former Gov. took some time away from the Democratic National Con- vention to tell C-SPAN how his daughter plot- ted to bring to Virginia fellow student Tim Kaine as what she later called her “trophy hus- band.” Holton, now 92, recalled that he was standing with his daughter in the back of a big classroom at in the early 1980s when she pointed out Kaine. “You see that boy down there by the teacher’s desk, with the curly black hair?” asked her father. “Yes,” Linwood Holton said. “He’s the one,” Anne Holton said. “He doesn’t know it yet, but he’s the one.” She told her father: “I’ve got some com- petition in City [Kaine’s home town], but I’ll take care of that.” “And she did,” Linwood Holton recalled. “She picked him out. She lassoed him. She brought him to Virginia and Virginia made him YOUNGER — A young Tim Kaine at Harvard Law School with governor, now senator, now [potentially] vice classmate, Anne Holton, daughter (and later wife) of Virginia’s governor. continued on page seven ACDC Voice, August 2016, Page 2

Report from Chairman Kip Malinosky The case for Clinton and Kaine With Secretary Hillary Clinton for Presi- free for all potential students and reduce the mitted to ensuring that America lives up to dent and Senator Tim Kaine for Vice Presi- burden of debt for students who already face our ideal that all are created equal. In a speech dent the Democratic ticket is among the most it. And they want to encourage companies to in Springfield, IL, she said, “We do need qualified, experienced and progressive to run. share profits with their workers and raise the criminal justice reform to save lives and to On the Republican side, we have Donald minimum wage. Finally, these policies will make sure all Americans are treated as equals Trump who is among the least qualified to be paid for by ensuring that Wall Street and in rights and dignity.” After several, ugly mass serve and who is among the most the wealthy pay their fair share. shootings, her support for reforming the jus- conservative vice presidential choices to run. On terrorism and foreign policy, Clinton tice system and better training and support for Democrats don’t just need to tell the truth said, on the night she won the Democratic police officers is of the utmost importance. about the Republican ticket, but also affirma- nomination, “We’re stronger when we work Clinton and Kaine believe in comprehensive tively and proudly make the case for Clinton with our allies around the world to keep us immigration reform in order for 11 million and Kaine on their vision and on the issues. safe.” Clinton and Kaine have a detailed plan undocumented immigrants to have a chance Let me just focus on three defining issues: to make us safe built on three overarching to become equal citizens. And for LGBT the economy; terrorism and foreign policy; ideas: First, we must defeat ISIS in Iraq and Americans, they believe in a federal Equality and equality. Syria by expanding the air campaign and our Act that would fight discrimination on the In a recent speech in North Carolina, support for local Arab and Kurdish forces. basis of sexual orientation and gender iden- Clinton said, “We’re all in this together. And Second, we must eliminate global terror net- tity. we have a responsibility to lift each other up. works by enabling closer cooperation with It could not be clearer that Clinton and . . . We need to make sure our economy works European and other allied intelligence ser- Kaine believe America is already a great na- for everyone, not just those at the top.” These vices. Third, we must strengthen our defenses tion and they want to make it even greater for values are fleshed out in the most progres- at home by strengthening intelligence services all. Trump and Pence don’t recognize the re- sive policies we have seen proposed since to prevent terrorist attacks and banning as- ality of America. They seem to believe that Franklin Roosevelt. Clinton and Kaine want sault weapons and passing comprehensive the is a dystopian hellscape con- to make an enormous investment in good pay- background checks to ensure firearms don’t jured up by a young adult author. They be- ing jobs so that anyone looking for a job can fall into the wrong hands. lieve that wages are too high, that we must find one. They want to make college debt- On equality, Clinton and Kaine are com- impose travel bans on Muslims, deport un- documented residents, back out of NATO un- less our allies “pay up,” and reverse equality protections for LGBT Americans. Rarely, Jerry Botland have the stakes been so high and the choice been so stark. We need to do all we can to Computer Consulting ensure we elect Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine and a Democratic Congress. Troubleshoot and resolve computer and computer related problems. Perform upgrades, set-up wireless routers and print servers. Beyer to kick Transfer old files, address book and emails from an old computer to a new one. off campaign in Phone: (703) 933-0558 — [email protected] Bon Air Park Congressman will hold his campaign kickoff event the Saturday after Published monthly by the Labor Day at Bon Air Park in Arlington. Arlington Democratic Committee This is Beyer’s first re-election run. He 2001 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite #604, Arlington VA 22202 is being challenged by Republican Charles Mailing address: P.O. Box 7132, Arlington VA 22207 Hernick and independent Julio Gracia, Tel: (703) 528-8588 The kickoff event, with light refresh- http://www.arlingtondemocrats.org ments served, will be held from 4 p.m. to 5:30 Chair: Kip Malinosky — [email protected] p.m., Saturday, September 10, at Bon Air Editor-in-Chief: Warren L. Nelson —(703) 243-7867 (h), [email protected] Park, 850 N. Lexington Street in Arlington. Deputy Editor: Eric Wiener — (703) 524-6899 (h), [email protected] The Beyer team asks those coming to Views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the ACDC RSVP if possible by Friday, September 2, to unless expressly approved by an appropriate committee resolution Colleen Browne at 202-258-9261 or Copyright ©2016, ACDC, All Rights Reserved [email protected]. ACDC Voice, August 2016, Page 3

Lend a hand Next Monthly Meeting All Dems Invited to aid LuAnn Wednesday, August 3, 7 p.m. ACDC has made a commitment to help the LuAnn Bennett for Congress campaign NRECA Building, 4301 Wilson Blvd. in the adjoining 10th District by providing Corner of North Taylor and Wilson, just east of Glebe and Wilson door-to-door canvassers on seven Sundays. Free parking under building; enter from Taylor Street The canvassers will work in the McLean area.The canvass Sundays are August 14 and This month we will be hearing from Congressman 21, September 11 and 25, and October 9, 23 Don Beyer as well as a report from the state party’s and 30. Canvassers should show up anytime af- voter protection coordinator. This is the person ter 1:30 p.m. at the DPVA Coordinated Cam- who monitors practices that have the effect of paign Headquarters in McLean located at discouraging or preventing legitimate voters from 6888 Elm St., Suite 1C and check in with Peter Dougherty. casting ballots, which has been a focus of Anyone needing a ride out to McLean Republican parties all across the country the last should contact Maureen Markham at 571- half dozen years. 721-8611 or Charley Conrad at 703-835- 6614 at least 24 hours in advance. LuAnn Bennett is the Democratic nomi- nee challenging first-term Republican in the 10th District, which begins farm east of St. Louis. She and her husband Children’s Museum. at the Arlington County line on the George Rick moved to Fairfax County 35 years ago . As a small businesswoman, LuAnn un- Washington Parkway and extends all the way Together, they started and grew a small derstands that you have to work with whom- up the Potomac and beyond Winchester to the real estate business, until Rick was diagnosed ever you need to in order to get the job done. West Virginia line. with leukemia and passed away in 1994. Left She’s frustrated with the lack of results in Most of the population is in Fairfax and a single, working mother of three boys run- Congress, and thinks Washington needs more Loudoun counties. The district is considered to ning a business, LuAnn never missed a pay- common sense and problem-solving. be in play this year due to changing demograph- roll even during a recession. LuAnn earned her Bachelor’s degree in ics and the fact that its voters rejected Donald LuAnn has worked on Virginia’s Climate education from Eastern University. Trump in the primary last spring. Trump only Change Commission, the Virginia Health Care She was married to got 29 percent of the vote in the district. Foundation, the I Have a Dream Foundation, Congressman Jim LuAnn Bennett grew up on her family’s Turnaround for Children, and the National Moran from 2004 to 2011 while he repre- sented the neighbor- ing 8th Congres- sional District – and they remain friends. Bumper Sticker ACDC hopes to help make LuAnn one of the new of the campaign Democrats in Con- gress next January. Of Virginia’s 11 con- gressional districts, only three are now held by Democrats— BENNETT and all of them have an easy route to re-election. Three seats now held by Republicans are believed to be pos- sible Democratic pickups—the Comstock district next door to Arlington; the newly re- drawn 4th District around Richmond, where Democrat Donald McEachin is considered the likely winner; and the 5th District where Re- publican has retired and Demo- crat Jane Dittmar is running. ACDC Voice, August 2016, Page 4 Ebbin offers Donkey Ears language to Listening to the doings delete gay of Arlington’s Dems as overheard by marriage ban Dan Steen and Mädi Green Arlington Del. Adam Ebbin has intro- Sudden passing: Joe Montano, Senator Tim Kaine’s regional director for duced legislation to repeal the state constitu- tional ban on gay marriage—a ban that was , died suddenly over the weekend just after Kaine was invalidated earlier this year by the US Su- selected for the veep nomination. Montano was 47 years old. No cause of preme Court. death has yet been determined. When Montano failed to show up for work The legislation would repeal the statu- Monday morning and there was no response to calls to his home, Gaston tory ban on civil unions, the statutory ban on Araoz, an Arlngtonian on Kaine’s staff, notified police who went to marriage between two people of the same sex Montano’s home and found his body. Kaine spoke to the Virginia delegation and the 2006 state constitutional amendment at the convention Wednesday morning and gave a moving tribute to Montano. that states: “Only a union between one man Arlington Dems who had worked with Montano commented on his infectious and one woman may be a marriage valid in smile. Long a community activist in Hampton , where he was raised, or recognized by this commonwealth and its he was also a champion for the Filipino community in the state. political subdivisions.” Not in Arlington any more: Alan Howze and his family have moved to Ebbin said, “It is unconscionable that the Missouri where he took over a new position as the first Chief Knowledge General Assembly has not yet fixed the code Officer of the Unified Government of Kansas City and Wyandotte County. and begun the process to bring the Constitu- Howze, who lost two races for a County Board seat to John Vihstadt in 2014, tion into conformance said the newly created post includes direct management of information with the law of the technology, GIS mapping, 311 operations and open data with a charge to land. Our legislation support innovation and data-driven decision-making across the unified is in keeping with the government. No word from the three Howze kids who have had their summer Jeffersonian ideal that vacation cut short as the Missouri schools start up in mid-August. ‘laws and institutions Hobbled: Two Democrats have shown problems getting their footing this must go hand in hand summer. County Board member Jay Fisette fractured his ankle while playing with the progress of the human mind’.” tennis and now has a boot for four to six weeks. He’s looking forward to Ebbin intro- “massive amounts of sympathy.” And ACDC Communications Director duced the legislation Jason Rylander had no trouble swimming a mile but then broke his toe on in the State Senate. the dock. Del. Mark Sickles of Restrained user: Frequent manager of campaigns Jody Olson used Fairfax County, the his only-once-a-year Facebook posting to thank his wife for “an amazing other openly gay birthday weekend.” Now it’s back to silence for a year. member of the Gen- Appointments galore: In between signing 206,000 documents to restore rights eral Assembly, intro- to ex-felons, Gov. Terry McAuliffe has signed appointments for former duced identical lan- Arlington County Board members Walter Tejada and Mary Hynes. Tejada guage in the House of was named a director of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and EBBIB Delegates. Hynes, who previously sat on the DC Metro Board, was named to the Com- A proposed monwealth Transportation Board, which oversees transportation projects all constitutional amendment must be approved across the state. And Mark Habeeb, Precinct Ops Area Chair, was named to by two sessions of the General Assembly with the Board of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. an election intervening. That means the ear- The governor also reappointed former ACDC Chair Sharon Davis to the liest the proposed amendment could go to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Commission. She is the wife of voters would be in the fall election of 2018. former Del. Albert Eisenberg, who is an Alzheimer’s victim. The statutory and constitutional bans th First kids, then’marriage: Joseph Morrissey is a former delegate who made were declared violations of the 14 Amend- history in 2014 by commuting to the House of Delegates’ sessions from jail ment by a 5-4 vote of the in after he was arrested for having sex with his receptionist, who was 17 at the June. That leaves the bans in Virginia law, time. More than two years later, the couple have two children. Morrissey but makes them unenforceable in the courts. married her in June. Morrissey is now also running for mayor of Richmond. ACDC Voice, August 2016, Page 5 Pick your campaign slots early and often The Joint Campaign is looking for a few good women and men Nauck Civic & Community Day to staff the ACDC booths at several upcoming events across the county. Saturday, September 17, from noon-5pm As every year, the practical kickoff for the campaign comes be- contact Maggie Davis at [email protected] fore Labor Day with the County Fair each August. And we have other events in September. In addition to these events, please do not forget our three Gold If you would like to help by staffing any of these booths, hand- Card social events cum fundraisers each fall. They are: ing out party literature and chatting up voters, contact the organizers below. Labor Day Chili Cook-Off at Lyon Village Community House (NEW LOCATION: Lyon VILLAGE not Lyon PARK) Arlington County Fair, Community Center Monday, September 5, from 4pm-6pm Thursday-Sunday, August 18-21 contact Chris Leyen at [email protected] A Toast to Peg Hogan, at the home of Sharon Davis. Sunday, September 25, from 5pm - 7pm Arlington Jazz Festival, Rosslyn Gateway Park Saturday, September 10, from noon-8pm Golden Gala at the home of Sally Cooper contact Maggie Davis at Saturday, October 15, from 7pm-9pm [email protected] Everything we do in the coming 100 days is geared to electing Clarendon Day, Clarendon Metro our ticket from the White House to the School House of Hillary Clinton Saturday, September 17, from for president, Tim Kaine for vice president, Don Beyer for Congress, 11am-7pm Libby Garvey for County Board and Nancy Van Doren and Tannia contact Maggie Davis at Talento for School Board: [email protected] Arlington rated best place to live & retire Arlington has been rated by two differ- 8 Berkeley CA Rockville MD Another city ranking done by The Trust ent groups as the best place in America to live 9 Rochester MN Des Moines IA for Public Land analyzed the 100 largest com- and the best place to retire. 10 Bellevue WA Murfreesboro TN munities in the United States on their parks. That pretty much covers everything. The list of best locales to live in is heavy Arlington ranked fourth, just below Minne- Arlington is the only jurisdiction in the with college towns while the list of best lo- apolis, St. Paul and Washington, DC, and just country to make the top 10 of both lists. cales for retiring only has one place in ahead of San Francisco. Niche.com rated 100 major communi- Florida. ties on livability, using published statistics on such things as education, family amenities, nightlife, crime, cost of living, outdoor activi- ties, length of commute, job opportunities, health/fitness and diversity. Bankrate.com rated nearly 200 commu- nities on their appeal for retirees, taking into account eight characteristics: cost of living, crime, well-being, walkability, taxes, health care, weather and culture. Arlington rated tops in everything but cost of living and, you guessed it, weather. Here are the top 10 locales on each list: Living Retiring 1 Arlington VA Arlington VA 2 Cambridge MA Alexandria VA 3 Columbia MD Franklin TN 4 Ann Arbor MI Silver Spring MD 5 Plano TX W.Des Moines IA 6 Overland Park KS Nashville TN 7 Boulder CO Sarasota FL ACDC Voice, August 2016, Page 6 Arlington 13 invades Philly; Philly survives continued from page one Party leaders from Arlington who were pledged for Clinton were Sen. and Del. Lopez. At-large delegates, elected at the state convention, were Margo Horner for Clinton and Sonia Klein and Jason Rylander for . The newly-elected members of the Democratic Na- tional Committee from Arlington were Atima Omara and Yasmine Taeb. And last but not least was Frank Leone, a long time DNC member from Virginia and Arlington. In addition, former Del. Bob Brink was one of four Virginians on the Rules Committee. And, not to be forgotten, Arlingtonian Graham Weinschenk was one of three Virginia pages at the con- vention. Altogether, Virginia sent 108 delegates and alternates to AT WORK — the convention. Arlington DNC Chair resigned her delegate Cragg post just before the convention Hines sticks to opened, after emails published his chair by WikiLeaks prompted criti- (above) even as cism of her actions. James Carville, a long-time Dem op- he is engulfed erative, said, “In politics, you in the inevi- need to not only know when to table balloon draw your sword, but also when drop. Above to fall on it.” him, fellow Rep. Wasserman Schultz will join the Clinton campaign delegate Steve in a senior role after her primary Baker reaches election at the end of August, high. At right where she faces a serious chal- is the view of lenger. , a vice chair Hillary Clinton of the DNC and Democratic op- speaking as erative at the national level go- seen from the ing back to the Virginia del- presidency, has taken over as egation, which interim chair through the No- vember election. was seated at the front of the arena.

3 ACDC Voice, August 2016, Page 7 There’s an election coming 2nd Sat Breakfast on 2nd Saturday this week in Arlington The Second Saturday Breakfast will fea- ture some of our Arlington delegates to the Are you up for another election? Max tral Committee, which meets quarterly. Philadelphia convention and may also feature Burns has resigned from the 8th District To vote, you must sign in between 6:45 Mike Henry, Sen. Tim Kaine’s chief of staff. Democratic Committee, meaning that at the p.m. and 7:30 p.m. This is a check that you Henry has been invited for the breakfast but August 3 ACDC meeting we will hold an elec- are a registered Arlington voter and have cannot confirm until after we went to press. tion for a successor. signed the pledge. The candidates will make But definitely there to share their Philly Not to be misogynist, but under party brief speeches at the meeting. Voters will then experiences will be State Senator Barbara rules, the new member must be a male. Mem- vote, ranking the three in their order of pref- Favola, 8th District Committee Chair Margo bership is divided equally by gender, so only erence as ACDC uses the Instant Runoff Vot- Horner, Steve Baker and Graham males can replace males. ing (IRV) system. If no candidate gets a ma- Weinschenk. The three candidates who registered jority on the first count, the candidate with Next month’s September Breakfast will by the July 26 deadline as candidates are the lowest vote will be eliminated and the sec- hear from the other Arlington Democrats who Robert Platt, Paul Berry and Matt ond preferences of his voters counted. This attended the convention. Weinstein. guarantees that the winner will have an abso- After the Breakfast, stick around for a Any registered Arlington voter can cast lute majority. canvass of nearby neighborhoods for the a ballot after signing an acknowledgment of The voting site is the ACDC meeting site, Democratic ticket. being a Democrat. NRECA, 4301 Wilson Blvd. There is no ab- Please bring cash as we get one big bill The election will fill the one year remain- sentee voting. at the end of the Breakfast. ing in the two-year term. The post is both a seat on the 8th District Democratic Commit- tee, which meets monthly, and the State Cen- State party elects Irani Muslim The state party has elected a Muslim- of the Democratic Party countering Donald American woman from as its top choice Trump’s anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant How Anne to represent Virginia on the Democratic Na- rhetoric. Taeb is a citizen now and an attor- tional Committee. ney specializing in civil rights and civil liber- The state convention of the Democratic ties. won Tim Party of Virginia (DPVA) gave Arlingtonian Both Taeb and Omara ran in the caucus Yasmine Taeb 21 percent more votes than the to choose a nominee in the 48th Delegate Dis- continued from page one second-place candidate in a stunning personal trict after Bob Brink resigned that seat in president of the United States.” endorsement. 2014. With seven candidates running, Rip Linwood Holton served as Virginia’s first Five Virginians were elected to the DNC. Sullivan won that race. Omara came in fifth post-reconstruction Republican governor And two other Arlingtonian were among the and Taeb sixth. from 1970-74, ending the Democratic policy winners. Atima Omara, former national of “” to integration. He re- chair of the Young Democrats, came in third portedly made President ’s and Frank Leone who has sat on the DNC short list for vice president after Spiro Agnew for many years, came in fourth. resigned, but Nixon wound up selecting There was clearly an anti-slate theme in Gerald R. Ford. the vote as two of those running on a slate for Holton remains a Republican, though he the posts came in last. Here are the vote to- has voted for Democrats in recent years—and tals. The slate members are in italics. not just his son-in-law. A few years ago, he Yasmine Taeb 1,070 got a rousing standing ovation at the Arling- Doris Crouse-Mays 881 ton Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, perhaps the Atima Omara 876 only Republican ever to get such an accolade Frank Leone 740 at a Democratic event. Steve Cochrane 562 In the interview, Holton spoke harshly Matt Bell 517 of . “I join the crowd that calls Lionell Spruill 507 him a fool,” Holton said bluntly. Sandra Brandt 462 Gov. Terry McAuliffe named Anne Taeb was born in Iran and came to the Holton as the state’s secretary of education United States as an undocumented alien at the when he took office. Holton resigned the day age of six. In her campaign address to the Kaine was nominated by the convention for convention, she emphasized her immigrant the vice presidency. and Muslim background and the importance YASMINE TAEB ACDC Voice, August 2016, Page 8 Donald Trump sweats in Roanoke; Well, if you can’t stand the heat . . . Harry Truman said, “If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.” Donald Trump couldn’t take the heat at a Roanoke hotel and he threatened not to pay the bill. The place was the historic Roanoke Ho- tel in Roanoke, where Trump was holding a campaign rally in July, not a cool month in Virginia. Thousands came to see the candi- date and hotel management kept the doors open for two hours so the crowd could get in. Management knew that let in a lot of hot air (even before Trump’s arrival) and said it set the thermostat at 63 degrees to try to com- pensate. Trump mounted the rostrum sweating. “You ought to try turning on the air con- ditioning or we are not going to get you paid,” Trump said. “I pay my bills so fast with some- THE SCENE — It is often said of George Washington that he “slept body good. With somebody average, I pay them okay. With somebody great, a lot of here.” It is said of Donald Trump that he sweats here. times I give them bonuses.” Trump said, “I feel like I’m in a sauna. I USA Today cited numerous examples, in- people are unilaterally to decide to void a con- don’t know what hotel this is. You let people cluding a case as recent as May in which a tract. suffer and don’t turn on the air conditioning. -Dade County Circuit Court judge or- The event at the Roanoke hotel was This is ridiculous…. The people who own dered Trump’s company to pay a paint sup- Trump’s first post-GOP convention appear- this hotel should be ashamed of themselves.” ply company more than $30,000. According ance. He used the event to describe Sen. Tim The hotel pushed back, saying it had op- to The , The Paint Spot claimed Kaine as a “political hack” and dismiss him erated the air conditioning fully and pointing Trump has owed them the money since 2014. as a “weird little dude.” to the number of people in the room as the In another case, the Philadelphia cabi- Trump said, “Hillary Clinton has bad issue. net business of Edward Friel Jr. was never paid judgment. She shouldn‘t have picked this guy.” “The Hotel Roanoke and Conference $83,000 for work completed in 1984, the He attacked Kaine for doing a “lousy job” as Center is committed to providing exceptional weight of which Friel’s son said started the governor, citing the fact that unemployment service and accommodation for all guests and fall of the company. doubled when he was governor from 2006 to members of the community,” hotel manager USA Today analyzed 60 lawsuits and 2010, but ignoring the fact that the unemploy- Michael Quonce said in a statement. “The more than 200 mechanic’s liens for the re- ment rate doubled all over the country as a re- hotel’s HVAC system was on and working port, also finding 24 citations since 2005 of sult of the that began under properly through the event. We made every Trump’s companies for violating the Fair La- President George W. Bush in 2008. effort to create a comfortable environment for bor Standards Act “for failing to pay over- Later, on “,” Trump also all of our guests given soaring temperatures time or minimum wage.” stated as fact that Gov. Bob McDonnell was con- and a ballroom filled with hundreds of attend- The court records showed not only a victed for taking “a fraction” of the gifts that ees.” pattern of not paying, but also of Trump com- Kaine accepted. PolitiFact rated that a “Pants Reports published by USA Today panies tying up small businesses and individu- on Fire” lie since McDonnell’s gifts were al- and The Wall Street Journal in June found als in lengthy legal dealings until they either most triple what Kaine accepted—and half of Trump’s companies were facing hundreds of settled, gave up or sometimes went out of Kaine’s gifts were actually reimbursements for claims that Trump has stiffed people he con- business altogether. political travel, for example when he was cam- tracted with for decades. In response to the report, Trump told paigning for in 2008. Both reports analyzed court records and USA Today in an interview that he only The Voice noted last month that Trump interviewed the people behind the claims, and stiffs or shorts bills if the work is unsatis- had used his campaign appearances in Vir- found that the average working American that factory. ginia to advertise his winery and golf club in Trump has geared his campaign toward are “Let’s say that they do a job that’s not Virginia. He did that again in Roanoke. But, some of the same people his businesses good, or a job that they didn’t finish, or a job in addition, at the GOP convention he had as haven’t paid. that was way late. I’ll deduct from their con- one of his speakers the manager of his win- Often, the issue is settled out of court tract, absolutely,” Trump said. “That’s what ery near Charlottesville who advertised his for less than the sum owed under the threat of the country should be doing.” He didn’t ex- wines on national television without paying costly legal proceedings. plain how a society is supposed to function if for the advertising.