Claire McCaskill actually said...

"It seems to me there is a better way to monitor a crowd that is peacefully protesting than pointing mounted sniper weapons at them under those circumstances."

"We are pushing, in wholesale fashion, military equipment to local police departments."

"Does it make you uncomfortable that there are States where the National Guard has no MRAPs, but police departments have them everywhere?"

"Why can we not begin to do more with--if we are going to give you money, we are going to make you jump through a few hoops."