Tim Kaine dad jokes flood Twitter after DNC speech
Tim Kaine kicked off his Wednesday night Democratic National Convention speech as any well-meaning family man might — by thanking his wife and children.
“I want to start off by thanking my beautiful wife and my three wonderful children, Nat, Woody and Annella. They are sitting right up there,” he told the crowd gathered at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
According to Twitter, at least, Kaine’s father-figure brand stuck around throughout his speech — and long after it finished — as viewers at home flooded social media with suburban dad jokes about Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential pick.
Before Clinton tapped the Virginia senator and former governor to be her running mate, he was not particularly well-known to the general public. Can he help Clinton win the White House? That remains to be seen. Could he help sell the most Girl Scout cookies in the office? America’s answer: You betcha!
Here are just some of the many tweets about Kaine’s DNC speech:
If Joe Biden is the nation's fun uncle, Tim Kaine is our dorky dad.
— delrayser (@delrayser) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine is the neighbor who raked the leaves in your yard because they were from his tree anyway, don't even worry about it. #DemsInPhilly
— Drew Snow (@Dschnoeb) July 28, 2016
When you ask Tim Kaine to pick some soda up for you at the grocery store, he comes back with five different kinds because they were on sale.
— Samantha Allen (@SLAwrites) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine wanted to make sure your sleepover was all right—oh, and he made nachos, he’ll just leave ‘em on the ping pong table
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) July 28, 2016
tim kaine was probably the best soccer dad
— Greg Howard (@greghoward88) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine is your friend's dad who bought extra corsages just in case your Homecoming dates forgot.
— Jenny Han (@jennyhan) July 28, 2016
I just want Tim Kaine to make me some scrambled eggs when I'm sad and ask me, "What's wrong, scout?"
— Eric (@ericschroeck) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine absolutely SCOURED Consumer Reports to get the BEST car seat for his kid
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) July 28, 2016
One more: Tim Kaine will brag on his kids, but HIS KIDS ARE AMERICA.
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine was always finding quarters behind your ear when you were a little kid.
— Tim Tagaris (@ttagaris) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine is that nice neighbor who would loan you his landmower and never ask for it back #DemsInPhilly
— Cristina Everett (@cristinaeverett) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine is your friend's dad who catches you smoking weed at a sleepover and doesn't rat you out but talks to you about brain development
— PJ Vogt (@PJVogt) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine is the guy makes really full eye contact when he passes the peace at mass
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) July 28, 2016
i bet if tim kaine has leaked voicemails at the DNC they were all reminders to stay hydrated
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine takes out the trash without being asked and throws in a load of laundry just cause.
— Brooke Siegel (@brookejena) July 28, 2016
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