Hillary Clinton would be a “you’re hired” president, but Donald Trump would be a “you’re fired” president, Tim Kaine said Monday in Pittsburgh.
The Democratic vice presidential nominee used a Labor Day speech to argue that Trump can’t be trusted to create jobs or help small businesses, as he’s continually promised on the campaign trail.
“I mean, isn’t it kind of ironic and interesting that what we knew Donald Trump best for … was those two words, ‘you’re fired?'” Kaine said, referring to Trump’s former role on the reality television show “The Apprentice.”
Kaine also tried to reinforce his message that Trump is untrustworthy by pointing to losses by students participating in his Trump University and retirees who gave him down payments for condos they never got.
Kaine also noted that Trump hasn’t released his tax returns.
“Even Richard Nixon produced his tax returns,” Kaine said. “If you can’t meet the ethical standard of Richard Nixon, I mean, God help you folks. God help you. God help you.”
Trump thinks voters are “chumps,” Kaine said later in the speech.
“Donald Trump thinks he can blow this by us, that we’re gullible,” Kaine said. “But I’ll tell you, Pennsylvanians are not gullible. Virginians are not gullible. Americans aren’t gullible.”
