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Claire McCaskill: “You can be, obviously, thin, wealthy, run through fields with a smile on your face, play with your grandchildren, and…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 2017
You can be, obviously, thin, wealthy, run through fields with a smile on your face, play with your grandchildren, and have sex whenever you want it based on these ads.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill criticizes the unrealistic portrayals in drug advertisements funded by taxpayers.

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