Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill was back on the campaign trail Wednesday, attacking Republican Congressman Akin for his stance on the school lunch program. But she also used the time to talk about her mother, who passed away earlier this week.
It was McCaskill’s first public appearance since the passing of her mother, Betty Anne.
In previous campaigns, the Senator would often bring her mother up on the stump.
McCaskill says it’s been a “tumultuous time.”
“Part of me feels a little lost,” McCaskill said.
McCaskill says even at the end, her mother was clear about what she wanted.
“In those moments, she said what are you doing here? Why aren’t you campaigning? Why aren’t you in rural Missouri,” McCaskill said.
McCaskill will continue to campaign through election day, with the exception of Sunday, which she’ll take off for her mother’s memorial, a decision she said would have upset her mother.