Hillary Clinton has chosen Virginia Senator Tim Kaine to be her running mate. Kaine is a pro-life Catholic who is fluent in Spanish. He’s from the mid-west, but is a Harvard educated lawyer. He has three children and his wife Anne is Virginia’s Secretary of Education. His father in law, A. Linwood Holton, was a former Republican governor of Virginia.

Just got off the phone with Hillary. I’m honored to be her running mate. Can’t wait to hit the trail tomorrow in Miami!

— Senator Tim Kaine (@timkaine) July 23, 2016

I'm thrilled to announce my running mate, @TimKaine, a man who's devoted his life to fighting for others. -H pic.twitter.com/lTVyfztE5Z

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 23, 2016

.@timkaine is really solid choice for @HillaryClinton–thoughtful, experienced & genuine. A thoroughly admirable man. #DNCinPHL

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) July 23, 2016

Hillary reportedly also had on her short list for VP, Senator Cory Booker from New Jersey and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Elizabeth Warren’s name was dangled around, perhaps as a lure for Bernie’s disenfranchised followers. Liberals have some concerns with Kaine:

Liberals say they are concerned about Mr. Kaine’s positions on global trade deals and Wall Street regulation. He has been an outspoken advocate of free trade and has defended the North American Free Trade Agreement, which many voters in Rust Belt states blame for the loss of manufacturing jobs to Mexico. He voted in support of “fast track” authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade pact that President Obama has championed.

Tim Kaine is a safe choice and he is expected to help Hillary to gain the male independent vote. While some reports are that the more progressive wing of the party has been ignored with this pick, Kaine seems plenty progressive. He received an F from the NRA and a 100% from Planned Parenthood, despite his personal aversion to abortion.

. @timkaine has a 100 percent rating from Planned Parenthood and an "F" from the NRA…my kind of report card!

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 23, 2016

.@HillaryClinton picked @timkaine — a leader in fighting for equity & justice — as her VP nominee. #PPAct4Hillary pic.twitter.com/w8WlR1SU0H

— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) July 23, 2016

He made history in 2013 when he delivered the Gang of Eight speech on the Senate floor, entirely in Spanish.

In 2013, Sen. Tim Kaine delivered a speech on immigration on the Senate floor entirely in Spanish https://t.co/O2PlPchFON

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 23, 2016

Jeff Flake likes him.

Trying to count the ways I hate @timkaine. Drawing a blank. Congrats to a good man and a good friend.

— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) July 23, 2016

He does have his detractors.

.@HillaryClinton picks Kaine as VP nominee, gives wet kiss to Wall Street, tells progressives to get lost. https://t.co/aGkwMOkOLi #

— David Shuster (@DavidShuster) July 23, 2016

#TimKaine confirms @HillaryClinton–the "progressive who gets things done"–is really the "corporatist who fooled Democrats"

— Jordan (@JordanChariton) July 23, 2016

Hey @TimKaine, just curious if you've officially switched your party to Republican? You corporatist tool.

— Secular Talk (@KyleKulinski) July 23, 2016

It's hard not to think that Clinton fell prey to the "maybe we can get some white people to vote for me" gambit in choosing #TimKaine.

— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) July 23, 2016

https://twitter.com/igmcdizzy/status/756647138189127680

I knew Hillary wouldn’t pick Warren; she doesn’t like to share:

perhaps she chose Kaine for the same reason Obama choose Biden? Her half of the ticket is historic, like his.

— Lucia1835 (@Lucia_di1835) July 23, 2016

Kaine, like another Virginia governor, also had some problem with bribes, uh, I mean gifts:

Speaking of "tickets" @timkaine took tickets and almost $200000 in other gifts/trips as a Virginia government official

— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) July 23, 2016

https://twitter.com/mrwalsh8/status/756507185270681600

A Donald J. Trump imposter weighs in, but does a good impression:

Anyone know anything about Hillary's VP, @timkaine?! Wikipedia doesn't say anything bad about him. Is he even an American?! Speaks Spanish!

— DonaId J. Trump (@realDenaldTrump) July 23, 2016

Clearly Tim Kaine knows a little bit about the Establishment:

In terms of resume titles, has a ticket ever had more than Clinton-Kaine? SecState, Sen (2x), Gov, LtGov, Mayor, Councilman, FLOTUS, FLOAR.

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 23, 2016

Kaine has an impressive electoral record – he has never lost an election, and was an early endorser of Hillary. He was informally vetted to be Obama’s running mate in 2008. Now he’s got his chance.