Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is being criticized for recent remarks given during the confirmation hearing of Riley Barnes, nominated by President Donald Trump to be assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor.

During the Sept. 3 hearing , Barnes said, “We are a nation founded on a powerful principle, and that powerful principle is that all men are created equal, because our rights come from God our Creator — not from our laws, not from our governments.”

“We are a nation of individuals, each made in the image of God and possessing an inherent dignity,” Barnes continued. “This is a truth that our founders understood as essential to American self-government.”

In response, Kaine said, “The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, bu

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