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Claire McCaskill

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Claire McCaskill is an American politician and attorney who served as the United States Senator from Missouri from 2007 to 2019. She was the first woman elected to the Senate from Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, McCaskill focused on issues such as healthcare, military support, and government accountability during her tenure in the Senate. She played a significant role in various legislative efforts and was known for her outspoken views on military contracting and defense spending.

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Jul 8, 2023

I think that, fundamentally, voters do understand that we have very, very low unemployment. They see it in their families, that everybody has jobs, everybody can get jobs, their jobs are paying slightly better.

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Jul 8, 2023

Candidly, he probably would, because what Trump and DeSantis having figured out is they have to win a general.

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Jul 8, 2023

The culture wars? I've got to tell you, this time around, bring it, because I think that Democrats want to talk about abortion, and they want to talk about guns.

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Jul 8, 2023

He has shown tremendous strength in terms of unifying NATO.

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Apr 29, 2023

Oh I think – you cannot compare DeSantis to people who have been tested on a national stage, like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. This guy's not ready. He declared war, and he doesn't even know what victory is, against Mickey Mouse. Give…

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Apr 29, 2023

This is never a referendum. Presidential elections, by the time they run around, is always, 'well, who do you like slightly better than the two you don't like?' So it is a binary choice.

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Jan 28, 2023

I'm always optimistic. And I do think this is brutal. And people who think that body cams on police officers are not doing what they should, I get that. This young man died. But we now know exactly what happened. So, it does make a…

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Jan 28, 2023

There is an over-classification problem, and I was surprised Secretary Gates didn't mention it.

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Nov 5, 2022

This is not Joe Biden. We have some of the least inflation in the developed world.

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Nov 5, 2022

I have won when the polls said I couldn't and I have lost when the polls said I would win, so I am not a big believer in all of the horse race stuff.

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Oct 4, 2022

This is all personal exercise for Donald Trump. He has endorsed Herschel Walker, therefore he will say whatever he needs to say to try to get him across the finish line because he sees it as a reflection on him.

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Oct 4, 2022

Well in so many ways, Trump and Herschel Walker are alike. They lie comfortably, they think lying is ok.

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Oct 4, 2022

I hope voters get beyond the partisan stop and look at the character of these men.

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Sep 19, 2022

He thought everything that was in the White House belonged to him, including the office. You know, he thought the office of the presidency was his. He didn`t realize it didn`t belong to him.

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Sep 19, 2022

If you hear something bad about me, it`s the swamp. If you hear something bad about me, it`s the fake news.

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Sep 19, 2022

He`s got six different investigations going on. One in Georgia, two in New York, one in DOJ having nothing to do with the documents, the January 6 committee is still very busy.

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Sep 19, 2022

Our democracy is in peril. If our party keeps putting people forward that refuse to accept the results of elections.

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Sep 19, 2022

I think they`re going to try to stall. I mean, I think that`s why they asked the special master in the first place.

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Sep 12, 2022

First, people were put on the court with a political two by four wielded by Mitch McConnell. First by denying a sitting president an opportunity to name a Supreme Court justice, first time in history.

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Sep 12, 2022

I think it would be very hard for him, with the abortion -- anti-abortion forces in this country that are totally Republican, I think it would be very hard for him to not let there be a vote.

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Sep 12, 2022

And then they overturned a right that women had in this country for 50 years. It is unbelievable how bad it is.

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Sep 12, 2022

This is a guy who is really out of touch. I mean let me count the ways the legitimacy can be questioned.

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Sep 12, 2022

I don`t think so. I do not believe that there will be enough votes to do that, but I do think there is an opportunity to talk about a lot of ethics reform, term limits, and maybe age limits since the idea of a lifelong appointment I think…

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