posted May 18, 2025 12:51 PM            

Kaine Condemns Trump’s Comments on Birthright Citizenship Supreme Court Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former civil rights lawyer and constitutional law professor, criticized President Donald Trump for his comments in which he urged the Supreme Court to side with the Administration’s efforts to roll back birthright citizenship, and for denigrating the United States as “a stupid country” and “suckers.”

“President Trump’s unhinged Truth Social rant calling America a ‘stupid country’ is profoundly disrespectful and lays bare the fact that he simply doesn’t understand the U.S. Constitution, our history, or the concept of birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship means that no matter who your parents are or where they are from, if you are born here, you are an American,” said Kaine. “I am glad that Trump’s blatantly-unconstitutional executive order attempting to redefine birthright citizenship has been repeatedly blocked from taking effect by the lower courts. It is my hope that it will be definitively rejected by the Supreme Court.”