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Whisper campaign he was jewish got the best of him. at his funeral this week, former senator jack danforth spoke about the state of political discourse in america. >> the campaign that led to the death of tom schweich was the low point of politics. and now it is time to turn this around. so let's make tom's death a turning point here in our state. >> this isn't just about politics. at the same time we learned a former major league pitcher curt schilling who took to his blog over the weekend to call out people who wrote vile things about his daughter after he had simply posted a congratulating ...

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former pitcher curt schilling and missouri senator claire mccaskill on how a toxic situation can turn tragic. and how it should be stopped. i'm chuck todd. joining me to provide insight and analysis this morning are jonathan martin of "the new york times ," kathleen parker of "the washington post", the cook political report's amy walter and manu raju of politico. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. and good morning. it is the kind of story that has a lot of people here in washington, democrats and repub...

Schweich is the natural consequence of what it has become. tom should have been less sensitive or tougher is what some have said. he should have been tougher or been able to take it. well that is accepting politics in it's present state and that we cannot do. it amounts to blaming the victim and it creates a new normal where politics is only for the tough and callused. former missouri senator jack danforth today speaking in front of the governor of the state, the state's u.s. senators the rest of the political great and good in the state of missouri. but he was not speaking in front of the c...

Danforth basically called out as an anti-semitic bigot in this scorching eulogy and condemnation of missouri politics and missouri republican politics, specifically. john han corks the guy dan forty called out in the eulogy he didn't show up for the funeral. just remarkable days in the state after the suicide of this gub that toeshl candidate, tom schweich, remarkable days in the state and seems there will be more news to come because after a day like this, the fallout cannot be over yet. next. ♪♪ expected wait time: 55 minutes. your call is important to us. thank you for your patience. wa...