McCaskill launches rural Missouri town hall meetings in bid to stake out the middle
McCaskill will seek next year her third
"I'm doing these in places where I'm not that popular," McCaskill told about 80 people who gathered for a "town hall" meeting with her at the
But in fact, the audience -- most of them older adults -- who showed up for the open event appeared to be, if anything, to McCaskill's left on several issues -- particularly the issue of President
When one of them quipped that Trump might have been "separated at birth" from North Korean dictator
"He was duly elected president of
However, McCaskill also warned that Trump's "rhetorical war" with Kim played into the dictator's hand. "This is great for him (Kim) politically," she said.
Trump won
McCaskill also was targeted nationally in 2012, but ended up winning re-election easily after the
Few in the Democratic Party think McCaskill will get so lucky this time. Several serious
McCaskill's Friday schedule also had planned town halls in
In a written statement, the
The statement claims McCaskill "votes with
Open town halls of the kind McCaskill is conducting this month have become rare among
The office of Sen.
The offices of the remaining seven members of
In the case of Rep.
Wagner has previously dismissed the group as "radical leftists that are not interested in a discussion of the issues and simply interested in protesting and yelling at people who disagree with their viewpoint."
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