Chris Murphy

And I think even to this day, a lot of folks in the party still think this is politics as normal, still think that we're really not. at risk of losing our democracy, that we're going to have an election in 2026, and that if we just continue to push his approval ratings down bit by bit, that everything will turn out okay.

I think that the broad public has been very dissatisfied with the Democrats' reaction, and that's in part why you see approval ratings for the party in the toilet. Slowly, I think the party is beginning to understand that democracy itself is at risk. So our response is getting better. It's getting more precise. But there is still an open discussion inside the Democratic Party as to how

I think that the broad public has been very dissatisfied with the Democrats' reaction, and that's in part why you see approval ratings for the party in the toilet. Slowly, I think the party is beginning to understand that democracy itself is at risk. So our response is getting better. It's getting more precise. But there is still an open discussion inside the Democratic Party as to how

urgent this moment is. And I'm not sure which side is going to win. I think if my side, the side that believes it is like five alarm urgent, doesn't win, we might not actually have an election that Democrats can compete in in 2026.

urgent this moment is. And I'm not sure which side is going to win. I think if my side, the side that believes it is like five alarm urgent, doesn't win, we might not actually have an election that Democrats can compete in in 2026.

So I don't actually know the answer to the first question. If Democrats ran, telling the public that Donald Trump was going to be a threat immediately to democracy, why did Democrats not stand up a more effective, more urgent response immediately? I think losing to Trump for the second time...

So I don't actually know the answer to the first question. If Democrats ran, telling the public that Donald Trump was going to be a threat immediately to democracy, why did Democrats not stand up a more effective, more urgent response immediately? I think losing to Trump for the second time...

When Trump had openly advertised to the public that he was going to try to degrade our democracy, I think it was a body blow to Democrats. And I think there was just, you know, in those early days, a real lack of energy. I didn't understand why when he pardoned all of the January 6th protesters, there wasn't a more immediate response a day later.

When Trump had openly advertised to the public that he was going to try to degrade our democracy, I think it was a body blow to Democrats. And I think there was just, you know, in those early days, a real lack of energy. I didn't understand why when he pardoned all of the January 6th protesters, there wasn't a more immediate response a day later.

There was a proposal to sort of speed through the Senate the nomination of the director of the CIA, and Democrats were all ready to fall in line, not understanding that this was an opportunity to make an argument over why Trump was actually terrible for national security, why he didn't care about the security of this country when he was authorizing his followers to engage in mass violence against our democracy.

There was a proposal to sort of speed through the Senate the nomination of the director of the CIA, and Democrats were all ready to fall in line, not understanding that this was an opportunity to make an argument over why Trump was actually terrible for national security, why he didn't care about the security of this country when he was authorizing his followers to engage in mass violence against our democracy.

But to the extent that the country voted for him having listened to him say that he was going to be a dictator on day one, I think that explanation is pretty easy. They just didn't believe him. They believed him when he said he was going to be serious about lowering prices. They didn't believe him when he said he was going to be a dictator.

But to the extent that the country voted for him having listened to him say that he was going to be a dictator on day one, I think that explanation is pretty easy. They just didn't believe him. They believed him when he said he was going to be serious about lowering prices. They didn't believe him when he said he was going to be a dictator.

And so I think the reason that his disapproval ratings are going up so fast is that a lot of his own voters are now coming to the realization that he didn't mean it when he said that he was going to tackle prices. And the thing he was serious about was dismantling our democracy. And that's not exactly how they sort of read his rhetoric during the campaign.

And so I think the reason that his disapproval ratings are going up so fast is that a lot of his own voters are now coming to the realization that he didn't mean it when he said that he was going to tackle prices. And the thing he was serious about was dismantling our democracy. And that's not exactly how they sort of read his rhetoric during the campaign.

Yeah, it's a long list. And as I said at the outset, I think we're checking off more boxes as the weeks go by. But the first is you need to meet his flooding of the zone, as they say, with your own flooding of the zone. We've got to be producing as much content as he is, and we need to be expressing outrage every single day. There's this popular meme that

Yeah, it's a long list. And as I said at the outset, I think we're checking off more boxes as the weeks go by. But the first is you need to meet his flooding of the zone, as they say, with your own flooding of the zone. We've got to be producing as much content as he is, and we need to be expressing outrage every single day. There's this popular meme that

You know, you should reserve your outrage and that if you show too much of it, you'll kind of tire people out. That's not how he operates. Every single day he is doing something exceptional. He is pushing buttons and Democrats have to every single day responds with a sense of urgency and emergency and just produce the same amount of content he is.

You know, you should reserve your outrage and that if you show too much of it, you'll kind of tire people out. That's not how he operates. Every single day he is doing something exceptional. He is pushing buttons and Democrats have to every single day responds with a sense of urgency and emergency and just produce the same amount of content he is.

Second, we have to be willing to engage in more risk tolerant tactics. He's engaged in all sorts of risk tolerant tactics, but we're still kind of afraid of doing things that might boomerang and hurt us. That's why we didn't boycott the State of the Union speech en masse, as I think we should have done. That's why.