Politics & Government

Did Donald Trump Just Confuse Tim Kaine With N.J.'s Tom Kean? [VIDEO]

Donald Trump may have confused Hillary Clinton's VP nominee, Tim Kaine, with former N.J. Gov. Tom Kean — or even Jim Florio.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may have confused Hillary Clinton's vice presidential nominee, Tim Kaine, with former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean — or even Jim Florio.

Trump said during a press conference that Kaine, a former governor of Virginia, "did a terrible job in New Jersey," adding that his first act "was ask for a $4 billion tax increase."

"He's not very popular in New Jersey, and he still isn't," he said.

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It's possible Trump simply meant to say "Virginia," and confused it with a state he's more familiar with — and where he's done business.

It's also possible Trump confused him with Kean, since their names are similar.

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It's also possible he confused him with Florio, another former New Jersey governor who pushed through a $2.8 billion tax increase when he first took office in 1990. Kaine wanted to raise $1 billion in taxes on auto insurance and vehicle purchases.

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