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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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Aug 26, 2020

This is Trump's America. These are the seeds that he has planted. This is the president that has failed to unite this country in a clarion call against racism.

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Aug 26, 2020

Yes, this would be a challenging time for a competent president. It is a brutal time for an incompetent president, which is what we have right now.

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Aug 25, 2020

he's the most anti-immigrant president in the history of our country.

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Aug 25, 2020

I am furious at this little, small man trashing the people's house with his narcissism and his ego, using those people that were becoming American citizens as props.

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Aug 25, 2020

I mean these states are not coming up with this other $100. Many of them are rejecting his $300 right out of hand. There is no extra money going to people right now.

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Aug 25, 2020

Yes, he's an authentic liar. I mean he's, you know, somebody who doesn't know how to speak the truth.

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Aug 24, 2020

This is a presidency of lies. And this was a couple of hours of lies mostly about who Joe Biden is and his policies.

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Aug 24, 2020

Donald Trump started this by calling into question the security of mail ballots, and when he did that, he began an attack against the post office, dumb move.

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Aug 24, 2020

They knew they were going to the mayor's house around the corner. They know the mayor lives in their neighborhood. It was all over the news that this group is going to be protesting the mayor.

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Aug 20, 2020

Donald Trump is a small man. He's going to still continue to try to mock but I think that America saw tonight the passion that Joe Biden has.

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Aug 19, 2020

Be afraid that we're going to lose our democracy. Be afraid that you're going to lose your power in this country.

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Aug 18, 2020

He's making up that there's this universal mailing imbalance and what, you know, we got to keep pushing back.

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Aug 18, 2020

I thought it was terrific. I love the roll call. I thought I was going to hate it. And I love, love, loved it. I love seeing all the states and all of the diversity. And I thought Joe Biden was just terrific.

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Aug 18, 2020

Yes, in fact, I think that's the headline. And by the way, if this report had been issued in isolation, under any president, it would blow the lid off. The fact that it's not blowing the lid off gives everybody some indication of how bad…

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Aug 12, 2020

Kamala Harris is going to be terrific with suburban women.

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Aug 12, 2020

Yes, and you can smell the fear in his tweets at this point. He's in big trouble in the suburbs with women.

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Aug 10, 2020

This is a strong pick, and Joe Biden deserves a great deal of credit for picking someone who challenged him in the primaries, who actually took it to him on the very difficult issue of race that we struggle with in this country to this…

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Aug 10, 2020

Listen, this is a strong pick, and Joe Biden deserves a great deal of credit for picking someone who challenged him in the primaries, who actually took it to him on the very difficult issue of race that we struggle with in this country to…

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Oct 9, 2018

I appreciate how difficult your jobs are and how you have to stay focused on your priorities, sometimes with so much political chaos swirling around you.

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Oct 9, 2018

I want to secure the border. I certainly do not want to shirk that responsibility.

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Oct 9, 2018

We are dying from this fentanyl in record numbers all across my States.

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Oct 9, 2018

I do not think most people in my State would understand why prioritizing suspected terrorists has not happened.

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Oct 9, 2018

I think there has been so much political attention around border security in Americans' minds.

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Oct 9, 2018

I am really concerned about the fact that we have had a fairly significant increase in not detaining people that are not in this country legally but are on the suspected terrorist list.

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Oct 2, 2018

I do not see how a service obligation that is universal has one standard for people who live in the city and another standard for people who live in the country.

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