MSNBCs Claire McCaskill cries over Kamala Harris concession speech

MSNBC analyst Claire McCaskill broke down in tears live on air over Vice President Kamala Harris’ concession speech – because she was “so proud” of the failed presidential candidate.McCaskill could be heard crying in the background while MSNBC aired Harris’ speech at Howard University on Wednesday afternoon.“I think I’m OK,” the former Democratic senator from Missouri told host Nicole Wallace when the cameras returned to the studio.“Well, I’m so proud… I’m so proud of her,” she added, breaking down again.“I don’t think people realize how hard it is to get to where she was,” she continued.“As a woman, getting elected DA is not easy, guys.People don’t trust women to be in charge of making decisions about life and death and crime and being, frankly, a supervisor in some ways over police.“Her fighting through the primary thicket of California politics to become attorney general, really hard.

This is really hard stuff.”McCaskill – who lost her senate seat to Republican Josh Hawley in 2018 – also praised Harris for bouncing back from her failed White House bid ahead of the 2020 election.“For her to be selected as vice president after what I think she would tell you was a very disappointing presidential race, where I think she kind of lost her footing and was listening too much to consultants frankly and…didn’t really exude who she was…” McCaskill, 71, trailed off.In her concession speech, Harris urged her supporters to “never give up the fight.”“To the young people who are watching, it is OK to feel sad and disappointed, but please know it’s going to be OK,” Harris, 60, said in late afternoon remarks on the campus of her alma mater — hours after she called Donald Trump, 78, to offer congratulations.“On the campaign, I would often say, ‘When we fight, we win.’ But here’s the thing: Sometimes the fight takes a while.That doesn’t mean we won’t win,” she insisted....