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Defeated Sen. McCaskill rips Democratic Party over ‘purity’ demands, ‘failure’ with rural America
[MSN] Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill... Now, why would I pay taxes on my airplane? Send the bill to the taxpayers!... , the moderate-leaning Democrat who was defeated in this year’s midterm elections, took swipes at her own party in an exit interview aired Friday. In blunt terms, McCaskill accused fellow Democrats of demanding ideological "purity" from candidates and suggested their "failure" to connect with rural Americans contributed to her loss to Republican Josh Hawley. "This demand for purity, this looking down your nose at people who want to compromise, is a recipe for disaster for the Democrats," McCaskill said in an interview with National Public Radio. "Will we ever get to a majority in the Senate again, much less to 60, if we do not have some moderates in our party?" She also complained that media outlets make political compromise difficult by encouraging people to stay in "their own bubble" and look for "affirmation not information." She made similar comments in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee business meeting. "I'm really most worried going forward about this place because the middle has atrophied so badly," McCaskill said. "I remember when I first got here, where we could have easily recognized 20 members of the Senate, of both parties on an equal basis that were in the room trying to find that compromise. That has become a very dangerous thing for senators now because the base of the party is very impatient with anybody who wants to compromise." Posted by: Fred 2018-12-02 |
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