Chris Murphy
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 29 Jun
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inner circle.
Everybody else just has unfair odds in making that bet.
That would still leave you a whole bunch of stuff to bet on, but our bill basically says those two kind of bets are fundamentally rigged, and so they shouldn't be allowed on these markets.
whitewash, right?
I mean, it's an attempt to look like they're doing something, but they're not.
I mean, let's take the example of a fairly robust betting market, which is, you know, what words will Donald Trump use in tonight's speech or tonight's press conference?
Okay, so their new policy, I guess, says Donald Trump personally can't place that bet.
But there's 20 people around Donald Trump who know the answer to that question and who can make bets and can make a bunch of money off of it.
That should be prohibited too.
I think it's really hard to like chase the inside information.
That's why, you know, my legislation is just, let's just not have those markets because I think it's really hard to pick and choose who can and who can't place bets.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But I think your point is really right.
My kids were both born after I was already in Congress.
And so, like, they've grown up around this stuff.
But I had a conversation with my oldest son a few years back about corruption.
And he was sort of telling me his assumption that, you know, kind of everybody is on the take.
And I was like, but wait a second, Owen, like you've grown up in this like world.
Like, you know, my colleagues, you know that they're not on the take.
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