Senator Chris Murphy

You basically co-opt all of the centers of power in the country and you force them to essentially sign loyalty pledges. So, that's what's happening right now. He's doing that with law firms, he's doing that with colleges and universities, and now he's going to do that with industry. That's what the tariffs are about, at least that's my opinion.

You basically co-opt all of the centers of power in the country and you force them to essentially sign loyalty pledges. So, that's what's happening right now. He's doing that with law firms, he's doing that with colleges and universities, and now he's going to do that with industry. That's what the tariffs are about, at least that's my opinion.

Last night, economists were like super confused when the tariffs came out because they were like, this doesn't make any sense. Like there's no logical explanation for how this is going to improve jobs or improve the trade balance. And, you know, I said, as you read it right, it doesn't make sense economically because it has nothing to do with economics.

Last night, economists were like super confused when the tariffs came out because they were like, this doesn't make any sense. Like there's no logical explanation for how this is going to improve jobs or improve the trade balance. And, you know, I said, as you read it right, it doesn't make sense economically because it has nothing to do with economics.

Last night, economists were like super confused when the tariffs came out because they were like, this doesn't make any sense. Like there's no logical explanation for how this is going to improve jobs or improve the trade balance. And, you know, I said, as you read it right, it doesn't make sense economically because it has nothing to do with economics.

What he's doing is he's setting up the system of penalization on industry so that every industry or every big business has to come to him, bend the knee, kiss the ring and pledge loyalty in order to get tariff relief. And that'll have a double impact. First, the economy will get a little bit better when he releases a certain set of tariffs and everybody can shout hooray.

What he's doing is he's setting up the system of penalization on industry so that every industry or every big business has to come to him, bend the knee, kiss the ring and pledge loyalty in order to get tariff relief. And that'll have a double impact. First, the economy will get a little bit better when he releases a certain set of tariffs and everybody can shout hooray.

What he's doing is he's setting up the system of penalization on industry so that every industry or every big business has to come to him, bend the knee, kiss the ring and pledge loyalty in order to get tariff relief. And that'll have a double impact. First, the economy will get a little bit better when he releases a certain set of tariffs and everybody can shout hooray.

But then he gets the loyalty pledge. I don't know what that looks like, but the company could decide to never publicly criticize the president. They could pledge campaign contributions. They could decide that. They're going to police their employees and make sure none of their employees work for Democrats. It's not economic policy.

But then he gets the loyalty pledge. I don't know what that looks like, but the company could decide to never publicly criticize the president. They could pledge campaign contributions. They could decide that. They're going to police their employees and make sure none of their employees work for Democrats. It's not economic policy.

But then he gets the loyalty pledge. I don't know what that looks like, but the company could decide to never publicly criticize the president. They could pledge campaign contributions. They could decide that. They're going to police their employees and make sure none of their employees work for Democrats. It's not economic policy.

It's just about his need to have people prostrate themselves to him and his belief that in doing that, the democracy will become so weak, the opposition will become so weak that he won't ever have to worry about Democrats winning. I don't think that's how it's going to play out. I still think that we have the power to defeat him. But that's the game that he's playing.

It's just about his need to have people prostrate themselves to him and his belief that in doing that, the democracy will become so weak, the opposition will become so weak that he won't ever have to worry about Democrats winning. I don't think that's how it's going to play out. I still think that we have the power to defeat him. But that's the game that he's playing.

It's just about his need to have people prostrate themselves to him and his belief that in doing that, the democracy will become so weak, the opposition will become so weak that he won't ever have to worry about Democrats winning. I don't think that's how it's going to play out. I still think that we have the power to defeat him. But that's the game that he's playing.

Yeah, I can't explain what has happened to Rubio. When he first came to the Senate, I mean, he was an interesting guy. He, you know, participated in a big bipartisan negotiation to change the immigration laws. He actually signed on to a bill that would have provided a pathway to citizenship for, you know, 12 million Americans. And then Over time, he just stopped being interesting.

Yeah, I can't explain what has happened to Rubio. When he first came to the Senate, I mean, he was an interesting guy. He, you know, participated in a big bipartisan negotiation to change the immigration laws. He actually signed on to a bill that would have provided a pathway to citizenship for, you know, 12 million Americans. And then Over time, he just stopped being interesting.

Yeah, I can't explain what has happened to Rubio. When he first came to the Senate, I mean, he was an interesting guy. He, you know, participated in a big bipartisan negotiation to change the immigration laws. He actually signed on to a bill that would have provided a pathway to citizenship for, you know, 12 million Americans. And then Over time, he just stopped being interesting.

This wasn't terribly surprising to us who have watched Rubio. He hasn't participated in any bipartisan talks. He hasn't had an interesting idea in a decade. I think it's really hard to understand what happens when the cult takes over. If you had a friend who went away and joined a cult for three years, who came back a fundamentally different person, Like somebody said, what happened?

This wasn't terribly surprising to us who have watched Rubio. He hasn't participated in any bipartisan talks. He hasn't had an interesting idea in a decade. I think it's really hard to understand what happens when the cult takes over. If you had a friend who went away and joined a cult for three years, who came back a fundamentally different person, Like somebody said, what happened?

This wasn't terribly surprising to us who have watched Rubio. He hasn't participated in any bipartisan talks. He hasn't had an interesting idea in a decade. I think it's really hard to understand what happens when the cult takes over. If you had a friend who went away and joined a cult for three years, who came back a fundamentally different person, Like somebody said, what happened?