Fellow former Democratic senator and MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill said on Monday's “Deadline” that President-elect Donald Trump did not pay a “greater political price” for his actions on January 6th. said he felt “bitter”.
MacAskill said: “Well, today was certainly a bittersweet day. And, frankly, I'm bitter. I mean, there's a higher political price being paid for what Donald Trump did on January 6th.” I regret not having it. Something is broken and I need to admit it. And, Nicole, the other thing we have to keep in mind is that Donald Trump didn't get 50 percent of the vote. This is an evenly divided country. About half of them voted for Donald Trump. Most of the people ignored everything except the fact that they didn't like the way things were. The anti-incumbency argument was real. It's true all over the world, the hangover from the coronavirus, the pain people felt. Frankly, many immigration patterns around the world They feel like things are out of control and they don't want to maintain the status quo. They didn't want someone close to the incumbent, if not seen as the incumbent. This does not mean that I support everything Trump represents.
She continued: we have to tune in. 50% of the population agrees with us. 50% of the people don't want this. ”
Mr MacAskill added: The people of this country must decide, as others on this network will too, that we cannot stop fighting just because Donald Trump wins the electorate. That's what Kamala Harris represented today, and she did it with a smile. her face. I couldn't be more proud of her. ”
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