Claire McCaskill counters Republican gaslighting when it comes to pre-existing conditions in one sentence

At yesterday's U.S. Senate debate in Missouri between Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill and Republican challenger Josh Hawley, McCaskill's response to Hawley's claim that he'll protect health care coverage for Missourians contained multiple sentence, but one sentence in particular stood out:

If he believes we should protect pre-existing conditions, he should ask tomorrow for the case to be dismissed.

Hawley is currently the Attorney General of Missouri, and Hawley is one of numerous Republican state attorneys general who are suing in an attempt to undermine health care coverage protections for those with pre-existing conditions. Hawley, if he wanted to, could withdraw the State of Missouri from the lawsuit, but he hasn't done so. What Hawley and a lot of other Republicans are doing amounts to gaslighting, since they're claiming to support protecting health care coverage for those with pre-existing conditions, while, at the same time, their actions seek to undermine health care coverage protections for those with pre-existing conditions.

You can watch a video clip of McCaskill's response to Hawley's comments in regards to pre-existing conditions here:

.@clairecmc 🔥ROASTS🔥 Josh Hawley on pre-existing conditions and his lawsuit that puts them in on the chopping block.

"If he believes we should protect pre-existing conditions, he should ask tomorrow for the case to be dismissed."#MOSenateDebate #MOSen pic.twitter.com/iUgS9pVlGV

— Kelsie Taggart (@kelsientaggart) October 19, 2018