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Senator Chris Murphy

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The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

And then we're a pretty judgmental party filled with a dozen litmus tests. We don't let you in unless you agree with us on kind of everything from gender rights to reproductive rights to gun control to climate.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

We've got to be a party that invites people in as long as they agree with us on the basic economic message and build our party with a little bit more acceptance of people who have diverging views on social and cultural issues. Yeah.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

We've got to be a party that invites people in as long as they agree with us on the basic economic message and build our party with a little bit more acceptance of people who have diverging views on social and cultural issues. Yeah.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

We've got to be a party that invites people in as long as they agree with us on the basic economic message and build our party with a little bit more acceptance of people who have diverging views on social and cultural issues. Yeah.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

Well, I think first is making the decision that economics is the tent pole and populist economics. That means that you are going to have a party, frankly, that sounds a little bit more like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. You are talking about billionaires and corporate power.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

Well, I think first is making the decision that economics is the tent pole and populist economics. That means that you are going to have a party, frankly, that sounds a little bit more like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. You are talking about billionaires and corporate power.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

Well, I think first is making the decision that economics is the tent pole and populist economics. That means that you are going to have a party, frankly, that sounds a little bit more like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. You are talking about billionaires and corporate power.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

You are proposing really easy to understand ideas on how to shift that power, whether it be a cap on rent increases or a massive increase in the minimum wage or the regulation of every single drug price, not just the 10 highest-priced drugs.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

You are proposing really easy to understand ideas on how to shift that power, whether it be a cap on rent increases or a massive increase in the minimum wage or the regulation of every single drug price, not just the 10 highest-priced drugs.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

You are proposing really easy to understand ideas on how to shift that power, whether it be a cap on rent increases or a massive increase in the minimum wage or the regulation of every single drug price, not just the 10 highest-priced drugs.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

And then it is just making that decision to go out and ask people to come into the coalition who might not be with us on issues that I care about, like guns, and nominating candidates as a signal that the party is a big tent that are populist economically but may not line up with us on all the social and cultural stuff.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

And then it is just making that decision to go out and ask people to come into the coalition who might not be with us on issues that I care about, like guns, and nominating candidates as a signal that the party is a big tent that are populist economically but may not line up with us on all the social and cultural stuff.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

And then it is just making that decision to go out and ask people to come into the coalition who might not be with us on issues that I care about, like guns, and nominating candidates as a signal that the party is a big tent that are populist economically but may not line up with us on all the social and cultural stuff.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

So the Senate candidate that ran the furthest ahead of Kamala Harris in the entire country was Dan Osborne, who was a union organizer, an economic populist, but, you know, somebody who, you know, prioritized those issues amongst all the others.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

So the Senate candidate that ran the furthest ahead of Kamala Harris in the entire country was Dan Osborne, who was a union organizer, an economic populist, but, you know, somebody who, you know, prioritized those issues amongst all the others.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

So the Senate candidate that ran the furthest ahead of Kamala Harris in the entire country was Dan Osborne, who was a union organizer, an economic populist, but, you know, somebody who, you know, prioritized those issues amongst all the others.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

No, we're not. Listen, we're trying to win power so that we can protect those people. I mean, we just aren't going to be able to protect them if we don't.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

No, we're not. Listen, we're trying to win power so that we can protect those people. I mean, we just aren't going to be able to protect them if we don't.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

No, we're not. Listen, we're trying to win power so that we can protect those people. I mean, we just aren't going to be able to protect them if we don't.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”

No, if we don't build coalitions that allow us to win elections. Listen, one of my colleagues, John Ossoff, gave a great speech over the weekend in which, you know, he talked in the meat of his speech about the trans community.