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Claire McCaskill: “It was a terrible thing to happen in our democracy. And I am really like headed up to here with anybody saying that…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2020
It was a terrible thing to happen in our democracy. And I am really like headed up to here with anybody saying that there's some kind of false equivalency between these two debate participants.
Said by
Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill expresses her frustration about the debate and the false equivalency being drawn between the candidates.

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