Senator Chris Murphy

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.

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.

That is a message that can win.

That is a message that can win.

That is a message that can win.

Oh, I don't know that it really breaks down along generational lines, but I can explain to you what the basic argument is right now. And there are members of leadership who are on both sides of this question, but here it is. Is this a normal moment?

Oh, I don't know that it really breaks down along generational lines, but I can explain to you what the basic argument is right now. And there are members of leadership who are on both sides of this question, but here it is. Is this a normal moment?

Oh, I don't know that it really breaks down along generational lines, but I can explain to you what the basic argument is right now. And there are members of leadership who are on both sides of this question, but here it is. Is this a normal moment?

where you can just keep on punching Donald Trump and pushing down his approval ratings and eventually win the 2026 election and set up a potential win in 2028? Or is there a pretty good chance that we're not going to have a free election in 2026?

where you can just keep on punching Donald Trump and pushing down his approval ratings and eventually win the 2026 election and set up a potential win in 2028? Or is there a pretty good chance that we're not going to have a free election in 2026?

where you can just keep on punching Donald Trump and pushing down his approval ratings and eventually win the 2026 election and set up a potential win in 2028? Or is there a pretty good chance that we're not going to have a free election in 2026?

100%. Oh, every single day, I think the chances are growing that we will not have a free and fair election in 2026. What does that look like? It may not even be that, you know, the mechanics of the election are rigged. I'm not suggesting that there's going to be election officials out there stuffing ballots.

100%. Oh, every single day, I think the chances are growing that we will not have a free and fair election in 2026. What does that look like? It may not even be that, you know, the mechanics of the election are rigged. I'm not suggesting that there's going to be election officials out there stuffing ballots.

100%. Oh, every single day, I think the chances are growing that we will not have a free and fair election in 2026. What does that look like? It may not even be that, you know, the mechanics of the election are rigged. I'm not suggesting that there's going to be election officials out there stuffing ballots.

What I'm talking about is that the opposition, the infrastructure necessary for an opposition to win will have been destroyed. Right. No lawyers will represent us. They will take down ActBlue, which is our primary means of raising small dollar contributions. They will have threatened activists with violence so no one will show up to our rallies and to our door knock events.

What I'm talking about is that the opposition, the infrastructure necessary for an opposition to win will have been destroyed. Right. No lawyers will represent us. They will take down ActBlue, which is our primary means of raising small dollar contributions. They will have threatened activists with violence so no one will show up to our rallies and to our door knock events.

What I'm talking about is that the opposition, the infrastructure necessary for an opposition to win will have been destroyed. Right. No lawyers will represent us. They will take down ActBlue, which is our primary means of raising small dollar contributions. They will have threatened activists with violence so no one will show up to our rallies and to our door knock events.

This is what happens in, you know, lots of democracies around the world. The opposition is just kept so weak that they can't win. That's what I worry about being the landscape as we approach 2026. And if you believe that... then everything you do right now has to be in service of stopping that kind of weakening or destruction of democracy.

This is what happens in, you know, lots of democracies around the world. The opposition is just kept so weak that they can't win. That's what I worry about being the landscape as we approach 2026. And if you believe that... then everything you do right now has to be in service of stopping that kind of weakening or destruction of democracy.

This is what happens in, you know, lots of democracies around the world. The opposition is just kept so weak that they can't win. That's what I worry about being the landscape as we approach 2026. And if you believe that... then everything you do right now has to be in service of stopping that kind of weakening or destruction of democracy.