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ROANOKE — Donald Trump blistered Sen. Tim Kaine on Monday as a political hack who did a “lousy job” as governor during an appearance at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center.

“I love Virginia, and we are going to win Virginia,” Trump said as he took the stage amid cheers and whistles in a crowded hotel ballroom.

“I’m going to go over some of the statistics when Tim Kaine was governor,” Trump said. “They’re not pretty.”

Trump, over the course of an hourlong appearance alongside running mate Mike Pence, sprinted through a series of topics ranging from trade to immigration to the fallout over the Democratic National Committee email leak that forced Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to announce her resignation Sunday.

“They said to her, ‘Debbie, you’re fired!’ ” Trump said.

Taking aim at Kaine, announced Friday night as Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Trump said, “Hillary Clinton has bad judgment. She shouldn’t have picked this guy. Because he is the exact opposite of what all of the Bernie people want.”