McCaskill tears into GOP challenger Hawley during Jackson County visit
Source: STL Post Dispatch
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill tore into her Republican challenger during a visit Tuesday to Independence, accusing Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley of avoiding tough questions in recent weeks.
Hawley, who filed in August with the Federal Election Commission to create a campaign committee, officially announced his candidacy Tuesday.
“Senator McCaskill — she’s been in D.C. forever. She’s turned her back on farmers. She’s ignored working families,” Hawley states in a campaign video.
McCaskill, a Democratic incumbent in a state that went for President Donald Trump by double digits, railed against Hawley while talking to reporters after a town hall at the Truman Memorial Building in Independence.
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