Sen. Tim Kaine Timothy (Tim) Michael KaineThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Pence lauds Harris as 'experienced debater'; Trump, Biden diverge over debate prep Catholic group launches .7M campaign against Biden targeting swing-state voters GOP senator to quarantine after coronavirus exposure MORE (D-Va.) said on Wednesday that he sometimes feels as if he’s living in an alternate reality since President Trump’s election.

“I wake up some mornings and it seems like the campaign was a dream, and I wake up other mornings and think I might be living through some alternate reality now,” the former Democratic vice presidential nominee said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Hardball.”

The Virginia senator, who’s up for reelection in 2018, ran alongside Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Virginia Democrat blasts Trump's 'appalling' remark about COVID-19 deaths in 'blue states' The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE.

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In the Wednesday interview, Kaine said that the loss was a sign that he belonged in the Senate, but also called his post-election life “surreal.”

Kaine also criticized Sen. Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE’s (R-Ala.) confirmation as attorney general Wednesday, saying Trump’s pick to head the Justice Department would be detrimental to civil rights.

“The attorney general needs to be seen as a champion for civil rights and that's not been Sen. Sessions's record on LGBT equality, on voting rights, on special education,” Kaine said.

“People won't see him as that champion that they saw Bobby Kennedy and others, and that was one of the reasons that I decided to oppose him,” he added.