Claire McCaskill: People responsible for DNC emails should be removed from positions
Sen. Claire McCaskill said Wednesday that action should be taken against those responsible for the Democratic National Committee emails that were leaked by Wikileaks.
"I was very disappointed. I have not seen evidence that they have actually put their thumb on the scale in terms of influencing how the primaries turned out, but it was wrong and the people responsible for those emails should be removed from their positions," the Missouri Democrat said in an interview on "CBS This Morning."
Wikileaks released more than 19,000 emails that have raised questions about the impartiality of the Democratic primary process. Several of the most widely cited emails were written by officials like DNC CFO Brad Marshall, DNC National Press Secretary Mark Paustenbach, and National Communications Director Luis Miranda.
McCaskill talked about how she felt when Hillary Clinton officially became first woman to receive the presidential nomination from a major political party -- it was an "incredibly emotional moment," she said, and called her the "strongest and most capable candidate for president this country has seen in a long time."
"I really felt for women across this country who have participated in the political process, but have never really been convinced that we could actually do this," she said.
In the interview, she criticized Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe for claiming that Clinton would reverse her opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership even though her campaign chairman John Podesta said it's not true.
"Terry McAuliffe shouldn't have said what he said, and Terry McAulliffe made a huge mistake, and Terry McAulliffe is wrong," McCaskill said.
McCaskill said that President Bill Clinton made a "bold move" Tuesday night when he talked about his personal romance with Hillary Clinton, which she called "non-traditional," but "necessary" because the public has only viewed Clinton as a two-dimensional person.
