Sen. Claire McCaskill Claire Conner McCaskillMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Democratic-linked group runs ads in Kansas GOP Senate primary Trump mocked for low attendance at rally MORE (D-Mo.) said people should not make the violent clashes earlier this month in Charlottesville, Va., about monuments.

"Making what happened in Charlottesville about monuments is distracting ... and divisive," McCaskill said Wednesday, according to CNN.

"What Charlottesville should really be about is unifying this country against hatred and bigotry."

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McCaskill expressed hope President Trump would "focus more about the unification piece of this than picking things that would continue to divide us."