While GOP lawmakers this week helped a group veterans open barricades at the WWII memorial in Washington, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill says that Republicans are simply using American Veterans to score political points.

At the WWII memorial on Wednesday McCaskill said it was confusing as to how many members of Congress were on hand who didn’t have veterans in their state. “I’m not sure why they’re here other than to play politics on the backs of veterans which I think is bad manners.”