2016 Postmortem

bigtree

(85,996 posts) Mon Jul 25, 2016, 10:56 AM Jul 2016

Tim Kaine goes to church

ABC News Politics ?@ABCPolitics
After his first appearance with @HillaryClinton, @TimKaine goes to church: http://abcn.ws/2a5DrJA

Less than 24 hours after making his first appearance as Hillary Clinton's running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine walked through the doors of the Richmond church he's been part of for more than 30 years to applause so loud it could be heard from outside...

"You saw what a special community that is," said Kaine as he left mass today with his wife, Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton. "Anne found it in the summer of 1984 and we were married here in November of 1984. And this and our neighborhood are really the center of our lives here. We needed some prayers today and we got some prayers and we got support and it really feels good."

Parishioners of the diverse St. Elizabeth Catholic Church hugged Kaine and his wife. Sitting in the 10th row of pews, Kaine and his wife sang and clapped along to the choir. During communion, Kaine joined the choir and took the lead singing a solo. He sang the solo parts of a song called "Taste and See."

...The mostly African American church is where Kaine has baptized all his children. When it was time to shake hands and say "Peace Be With You" after the recitation of the "Our Father" prayer, Kaine worked his way through the entire church hugging and shaking people's hands. (His wife, Anne) Holton stood at the end of mass and thanked the parish, saying they had been a part of every chapter of their lives and said, "We will really need your prayers."

read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dem-vp-candidate-tim-kaine-heads-church-sings/story?id=40837086