RNC slams Clinton-Kaine ticket as ‘failed Democrat status quo’

The Republican National Committee quickly put out a statement on Friday evening panning Hillary Clinton’s choice of Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said the choice “does nothing to unify a fractured Democrat base which is repelled by her dishonesty and cronyism” 

{mosads}”After spending last week pandering to grassroots Democrats with Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton has chosen someone who holds positions that she’s spent the entire primary trying to get to the left of,” Priebus said in the statement.

“Ultimately this is a ticket that represents one thing: four more years like the last eight, just with more corruption and scandal. A Clinton-Kaine administration will push our country further down the path President Obama has led us on and that has made us less safe, less prosperous, and less free. 

Priebus slammed the Clinton-Kaine ticket as more of the “failed Democrat status quo.” 

Kaine was picked from a line-up that was being heavily vetted in recent weeks. Kaine, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, was long considered a top contender on Clinton’s VP shortlist that also included New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Kaine appeared on the campaign trail with Clinton in his home state last week.