Claire McCaskill

It got this way for, I can say two words that explain why we are at this point. And those two words are Donald Trump.

Donald Trump`s intent is relevant in this trial.

Mitt Romney has already batted that down, said, that’s ridiculous. It’s happened before.

this plan to try to steal an election was hatched by Donald Trump months ago.

But make no mistake about it. This plan to try to steal an election was hatched by Donald Trump months ago.

the only way they keep him off a ballot permanently is by first convicting him, because then that's the only time they can go to a vote that would prohibit him from ever holding office again.

The Republican officeholders are not afraid of Trump, they're afraid of his supporters.

the courts only recognize evidence and there is none.

I do think it passes.

I said, what in the world? When are you all going to hold hands and jump together and say it's time to acknowledge that Joe Biden is the next president of the United States?

I think it does, something close to that. You know, this is the way we used to do it. You get enough people in the middle that would cobble something together and then try to bring the two sides in. And I think they realize that to wait…

You know, as much as we scratch our head over what this guy is doing right now, the grift, and, by the way, a lot of that money will find its way into Trump properties. We know that's the plan.

These are the same donors that voted for him. You know, we've got to understand that the Republican officeholders are not afraid of Trump, they're afraid of his supporters.

Yes, I think one of the problems with Trump is, his behavior is so bad that those of us who see it clearly can't see and understand the people who are supporting him.

We need to figure out how to get them back. Because guess what, we voted their interests. We do the right thing to provide a safety net and health care and pensions, and workplace safety and all the things that I think we need to talk more…

One of the reasons I think that Joe Biden would never lose ground in a debate with Donald Trump is because this country knows that Donald Trump is not an honest guy.

This is somebody whose closing message in the campaign is pretty simple. I'm perfect. Everyone else is terrible. And, by the way, I'm the victim and everybody is against me.

Ratcliffe is the most partisan hack to ever occupy the office. This should not be a political office.

We know that a wide majority of Americans wants more gun safety measures in terms of background checks.

72 percent of America agrees with the Democrats that a Coronavirus aid package is needed, not tomorrow, not next week, but today.

Well, and the thing that was astounding to me, Chris, in addition to all the issues you laid out there where Biden has a commanding lead on the policies that his campaign has embraced, he's even ahead on law and order and the -- and it's a…

just as many people think Joe Biden would be good for the economy, as in fact, they think Donald Trump was good for the economy.

by six points, that Biden is better on law and order.

She was named to a list by Donald Trump during the election that she was going to be considered for the Supreme Court. And she wants you to believe she doesn't know what the president was saying about what he wanted on the Supreme Court? I…

It's also frankly about what's going to happen if we don't all turn out and vote and flip the Senate, and -- and besides winning the White House.