Ocasio-Cortez went on to note that while McCaskill lost in 2018, a ballot measure to overturn the state's right to work law passed with a two-thirds majority.ĭuring that race, McCaskill strategically held back her most strident opinions about Donald Trump, for fear of alienating voters in a state that supported the 45th President by nearly 20 points. In the aftermath of Democrats’ down-ballot losses in 2020, McCaskill credited Republicans with scooping up potential Democratic voters turned off by cultural issues, such as the rights of "transsexuals." She faced swift backlash online (McCaskill later apologized, citing fatigue) including from Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who asked, "Why do we listen to people who lost elections as if they are experts in winning elections?"
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Both of these groups proved to be electoral losers, but that didn’t prevent MSNBC from seeking out their opinions on how to win elections. Rather than push for a brighter future, the network has helped create what Jeet Heer of The Nation calls an “ancien régime” resistance: The MSNBC pundits pine for a return to the days of Never Trump Republicans collaborating with McCaskill style Democrats. Since 2016, the ostensible “Fox News for the left” has become home to an increasing number of anti-Trump conservatives and moderate Democrats. So how did Claire McCaskill, an incumbent seeking re-election in a wave year, lose to this obvious fraud? And why is she now a fan favorite among MSNBC’s talking heads? Missouri newspapers and members of Congress are now calling for Hawley to resign or be removed his campaign donors are fleeing or requesting refunds and the image of Hawley flashing his clenched fist to a crowd of conspiracy-addled protesters has come to define January 6th’s riots. His attempts at economic populism have failed to hide his titanic self-centeredness and clear disdain for democracy, and in McCaskill’s words, Hawley has “more ambition than common sense,” a sentiment with which more and more of the Senator’s constituents and peers are in agreement. Since her crushing loss to Hawley in 2018, many of the accusations McCaskill lobbed at her then opponent have proven true, especially Hawley’s raw lust for power. McCaskill told anchor Nicolle Wallace of her previous hesitance to attack a former political opponent, a notion she now sees as “quaint,” before accusing Hawley of compromising not only his integrity, but “the national security of this country.” In her Fox interview, McCaskill also mentioned Sanders, a Vermont independent, as a Democrat with a large following from whom she is not afraid to distance herself.In the midst of the Capitol Hill riots on January 6th, MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill was asked to comment on Senator Josh Hawley, who defeated her in the 2018 Missouri Senate race, and was then leading efforts to overturn the 2020 Presidential election. She excoriated Republicans and “far too many Democrats” for rolling back segments of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 that slapped regulations on banks after the financial crisis.
Warren has long been an advocate for tighter restrictions on banks after the housing and financial crisis of 2007-2008. “I would not call my colleagues crazy, but Elizabeth Warren sure went after me when I advocated tooling back some of the regulations for small banks and credit unions,” McCaskill said. But, in an interview with Fox News on Monday, she invoked their names when asked if any of her colleagues were “crazy Democrats.” McCaskill refrained from grouping Sanders or Warren in with the “crazy Democrats” her campaign distanced her from in a radio ad last week. Claire McCaskill has tried to distance herself from the most liberal elements of her party, including high-profile progressive Sens. One week before the midterm elections, Missouri Democratic Sen.
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