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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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Nov 30, 2021

Vaccines are about protecting others. They are about preserving the lives of people that you encounter.

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Nov 30, 2021

This is party that has always billed itself as the party of lies.

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Nov 30, 2021

I think there needs to be a rule. It’s a pretty basic rule. You can’t trash the vaccine if you’ve taken it. End of discussion.

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Nov 30, 2021

This is a guy this went on T.V. and said that green coffee beans were a miracle in a bottle. It could burn fat magically. He pushed all of this ridiculous stuff that has no scientific basis whatsoever.

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Nov 29, 2021

I think we may be watching the slow moving but inevitable destruction of the ability of Congress to do meaningful oversight. My message is Department of Justice is get on it. Do not act like Feds here, act like state prosecutors, go fast…

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Oct 26, 2021

Culture wars have been working for the Republican Party. They no longer talk about economics or deficits, or trade policy, or foreign policy. It is all about phony culture wars. I do think we should look and see what the Republicans have…

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Oct 21, 2021

I think Kyrsten Sinema has really hurt herself by not talking about what she`s for.

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Oct 21, 2021

That`s why elections really matter and why margins of majorities matter.

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Oct 13, 2021

This is when Congress has to stand up collectively and say we have some power.

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Oct 13, 2021

this moment is way bigger than Donald Trump, maybe even bigger than what happened on January 6, because of this committee cannot get people to testify in front of it in an oversight capacity, then I believe we are on the verge of admitting…

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Oct 6, 2021

if we have the majority and we can get it done, and I think we can get some Republicans, we must create a rocket docket in the courts for congressional subpoenas.

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Oct 6, 2021

the norms are you don`t use the criminal law to go after political opponents.

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Oct 6, 2021

If we have the majority and we can get it done, and I think we can get some Republicans, we must create a rocket docket in the courts for congressional subpoenas.

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Oct 6, 2021

unlike the Republicans, who spent big and won’t pay for it, we’re going to spend big on you, and we’re going to pay for it.

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Oct 6, 2021

the chickens that are going to be dead in the road are going to be people on Social Security.

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Oct 6, 2021

Mitch McConnell did blink, and he will blink again, because he is not going to let his members be the ones that are known forever as the first political party to cause the United States of America to default on the full faith and credit of…

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Oct 6, 2021

this is a context of saving the democracy and respecting the rule of law.

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Sep 23, 2021

Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Most of the Republicans in the Senate are privately embarrassed at the big lie and the fact that all of them are too timid to take on what is now, without any doubt, the controlling base of their party.

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Sep 23, 2021

I think the problem here is you have a leader in the Republican Party who has no regard for truth, who has lied in his entire life. I mean, this is a man who lies like other people brush their teeth and put on their shoes. It is his main…

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Sep 23, 2021

Oh, yes. Most of the Republicans in the Senate are privately embarrassed at the big lie and the fact that all of them are too timid to take on what is now, without any doubt, the controlling base of their party.

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Sep 23, 2021

Well, there is no question that what they`re trying to do is not just keep people from voting, but also to rig the count. And that`s what is the scariest thing.

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Sep 22, 2021

Everyone in this country knows it’s an evenly divided Senate.

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Sep 22, 2021

It will be his fault.

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Sep 22, 2021

if Mitch McConnell actually pulls this off, it will be their fault that the country defaults.

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Sep 22, 2021

Mitch McConnell has amazing nerve. I mean, the Republicans did this three times during Trump. They raised the debt ceiling. And I think it`s time to do away with this. You know, it seems to me that when you vote to spend money, you are…

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