Sen. Kaine: Trump’s answer on NJ UAPs "definitely not the case" for Langley incursions

Then-Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine visits the US Capitol in the midst of the 2016 election (Sept. 2016). Photo: Matt Laslo

Who?

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) — Armed Services & Foreign Relations Committees

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Ask a Pol asks:

I’m curious what you think about the Trump White House claim this week, basically, absolving the FAA, saying they know ‘everything’ flying over New Jersey — incidents that freaked residents, first responders, local officials, members of Congress and the armed services, like the Coast Guard, out — in recent months?

Sources: AP, WKYC & YouTube.

Key Kaine:

“I don’t know about Jersey, that’s definitely not the case with respect to the Virginia situation at Langley,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “Neither the FAA nor the military has given us a sufficient answer. And I don't think they have an answer that they're not giving us, I just don't think they have one.”

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Caught our ear:

“The Jersey one, I’m not so sure about,” Kaine tells us.

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), slightly edited for clarity.

In 2021, during President Trump’s second impeachment trial, US Senators had to leave their electronic devices in this. cubby before sitting as the jury on the Senate floor. Photo: Matt Laslo

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Tim Kaine

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo waits outside a Senate elevator as Sen. Tim Kaine finishes answering questions from a handful of congressional reporters. Once they finish, Kaine and his aide enter the elevator, so Laslo quickly follows suit…

Matt Laslo: “Can I come up with you?”

Tim Kaine: “Yes, you may.”

M.L.: “I’m curious what you thought about what the White House had said about the drones over New Jersey yesterday?”

T.K.: “I didn’t see it.”

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M.L.: “They said, FAA told them, absolved — FAA knew ‘everything’ that was in the air there.”

T.K.: “I don’t know about Jersey, that’s definitely not the case with respect to the Virginia situation at Langley.”

M.L.: “Yeah?”

T.K.: “Neither the FAA nor the military has given us a sufficient answer. And I don't think they have an answer that they're not giving us, I just don't think they have one.”

M.L.: “Yeah?”

T.K.: “But again, the Jersey one, I’m not so sure about.”

M.L.: “Yeah?”

T.K.: “Ok.”

M.L.: “Fair.”

T.K.: “Yeah.”

M.L.: “Thank you.”

Sen. Kaine proceeds to walk onto the Senate floor to vote on one of trump’s cabinet nominees.

ICYMI — Laslo’s wire service, The LCB, shared Ask a Pol’s exclusive with NJ Sen. Andy Kim to Raw Story

Nicolae Viorel Butler contributed to this report.

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