FARMVILLE: Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence, the White House understudies of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, exchanged pointed barbs in their prime-time vice presidential debate Tuesday in front of millions of American voters.
Here is a selection of key quotes from their only head-to-head clash of the campaign before the November 8 election:
"I can't imagine how Governor Pence can defend the insult-driven, selfish, me-first style of Donald Trump." - Kaine
"Senator, this insult-driven campaign, I mean, that's small potatoes compared to Hillary Clinton calling half of Donald Trump's supporters a basket of deplorables." - Pence
"The provocations by Russia need to be met with American strength. And if Russia (continues) to be involved in this barbaric attack on civilians in Aleppo, the United States of America should be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the Assad regime to prevent them from this humanitarian crisis that is taking place." - Pence
"He (Trump) loves dictators. He's got a personal Mount Rushmore: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-Un, Moamer Kadhafi and Saddam Hussein." - Kaine
"Donald Trump can't start a Twitter war with Miss Universe without shooting himself in the foot." - Kaine
"Hillary and I believe in comprehensive immigration reform. Donald Trump believes in deportation nation." - Kaine
"That's nonsense... After we secure the border, not only (with) the wall, but beneath the ground and in the air, we do internal enforcement. But he said the focus has to be on (deporting) criminal aliens." - Pence
"I know, Senator Kaine, you hold pro-life views personally, but the very idea that a child that is almost born into the world could still have their life taken from them is just anathema to me." - Pence
"We don't think women should be punished, as Donald Trump said they should, for making the decision to have an abortion." - Kaine