Here's what I learned as a mayor and a governor. The way you make communities safer and the way you make police safer is through community policing. You build the bonds between the community and the police force, build bonds of understanding, and then when people feel comfortable in their communities, that gap between the police and the communities they serve narrows. And when that gap narrows, it's safer for the communities and it's safer for the police.

It is so painful to suggest that we go back to think about these days where an African-American could not be a citizen of the United States.

The Trump plan is a different plan. It's a you're fired plan. And there's two key elements to it. First, Donald Trump said wages are too high. And both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage.

No couples in Virginia can adopt other than a married couple - that's the right policy.

No bill works if it doesn't work in a zip code where somebody lives.

Most evil in the world is only partly because of an evil person. Most of it is because of the complicity of bystanders.

As much as we may have to battle against a Trump presidency, there's still good relationships within the Senate, bipartisan relationships where we can work together.