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And now a look at the issue of bullying and the politics of personal destruction. both in the world of politics and online. last week we brought you the tragic story of tom schweich, the state auditor in missouri running for governor, leading candidate, actually, and he took his own life after an alleged 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 le...

And now a look at the issue of bullying and the politics of personal destruction. both in the world of politics and online. last week we brought you the tragic story of tom schweich, the state auditor in missouri running for governor, leading candidate, actually, and he took his own life after an alleged 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 le...

Message for getting a softball scholarship to college. most of the vitriol online and in politics goes unchallenged. to talk about it we have curt schilling with us and senator claire mccaskill of missouri, joining us from montgomery alabama, she participated in yesterday's selma anniversary. senator mccaskill, your home state of missouri, you were at the funeral for tom schweich, do you believe it was the politics of personal destruction that basically pushed schweich to this point of taking his own life? >> well, it was certainly a contributing factor. there was a stupid negative hurtful ad ...

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...

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 republicans shaking their heads and...