Vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine’s position on the Hyde Amendment seems to have confused many people – no one more so than himself.
The Democratic Party has given mixed signals about whether Kaine supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, a 1970s-era law that prevents taxpayers from funding abortion-on-demand. Hillary Clinton has promised to strike the law off the books, a position officially adopted in the 2016 Democratic Party platform.
Initially Kaine , who once styled himself a “pro-life Democrat,” said he favored the Hyde Amendment. Then the party jumped in to “clarify.”
“He has said that he will stand with Secretary Clinton to defend a woman’s right to choose, to repeal the Hyde amendment,” Clinton campaign official Robby Mook toldCNN on July 24. Two days later, Clinton spokesman Jesse Ferguson verified that Kaine’s promise to repeal Hyde had been “made privately.”
On Sunday, Kaine flip-flopped again, saying he had not changed his views at all. "That is not accurate and I don't think Robby has said that, Jake,” Kaine replied, although video footage shows Mook saying just that.
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