Sen. Claire McCaskill campaign staffers explain on undercover video why Obama isn't campaigning for her

Brett T. | 10:39 PM on October 15, 2018

James O’Keefe and Project Veritas on Monday night released a new undercover video which catches both Sen. Claire McCaskill and some of her campaign staffers explaining some of the things she stands for that people just can’t know about.

BREAKING: "People just can't know that." Sen. McCaskill Hides Agenda from Moderate Voters, Including "semi-automatic rifle ban," Staffers Reveal in Undercover Video it "could hurt her ability to get elected." @clairecmc FULL STORY: https://t.co/rEXAWlKzsE pic.twitter.com/0pXzETL5IL

— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) October 16, 2018

McCaskill talks proudly on the video about her votes for gun control, but a staffer lets slip that she might extend her list of things to ban to semiautomatic AR rifles … at first … and then go after all semi-automatics.

A staffer also admits that McCaskill has “worked out stuff with Moms Demand Action to make sure that she can support their goals without supporting the organization openly.”

Where does McCaskill stand? Is she for a ban on semi-automatic firearms as her staff says or does she stand with Bloomberg’s gun control advocate groups? #MOsen #MO #2A https://t.co/fB4a0ltpql

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 16, 2018

A staffer who “loves Obama to pieces” also explained that the former president is too liberal for McCaskill to risk having him campaign for her, even though they “essentially have the same views on everything” — it’s just that “people just can’t know that.”