Senator Chris Murphy

You cannot proceed to any legislation without the consent of the minority. Now, we have regularly been providing the votes to the Republican majority to move the forward legislation that they care about, including the continuing resolution. We could choose not to do that.

You cannot proceed to any legislation without the consent of the minority. Now, we have regularly been providing the votes to the Republican majority to move the forward legislation that they care about, including the continuing resolution. We could choose not to do that.

We could say to Republicans, unless you work with us on some targeted measures to prevent the destruction of our democracy, we are not going to continue to pretend like it's business as usual. We could make that decision as a party. Now, that would mean that occasionally Democrats would need to vote no on legislation that on the merits they may support.

We could say to Republicans, unless you work with us on some targeted measures to prevent the destruction of our democracy, we are not going to continue to pretend like it's business as usual. We could make that decision as a party. Now, that would mean that occasionally Democrats would need to vote no on legislation that on the merits they may support.

We could say to Republicans, unless you work with us on some targeted measures to prevent the destruction of our democracy, we are not going to continue to pretend like it's business as usual. We could make that decision as a party. Now, that would mean that occasionally Democrats would need to vote no on legislation that on the merits they may support.

But if you think that democracy is the number one, number two, number three story, then you have to act like it. And you need to show that you're willing to take a political risk like voting against an otherwise popular bill in order to increase and create leverage to try to save the democracy.

But if you think that democracy is the number one, number two, number three story, then you have to act like it. And you need to show that you're willing to take a political risk like voting against an otherwise popular bill in order to increase and create leverage to try to save the democracy.

But if you think that democracy is the number one, number two, number three story, then you have to act like it. And you need to show that you're willing to take a political risk like voting against an otherwise popular bill in order to increase and create leverage to try to save the democracy.

Well, you know, there aren't daily political rallies happening in the country, but anytime you set one up, you're now seeing not thousands of people, but tens of thousands of people attend. You saw what happened with Bernie and AOC over the weekend.

Well, you know, there aren't daily political rallies happening in the country, but anytime you set one up, you're now seeing not thousands of people, but tens of thousands of people attend. You saw what happened with Bernie and AOC over the weekend.

Well, you know, there aren't daily political rallies happening in the country, but anytime you set one up, you're now seeing not thousands of people, but tens of thousands of people attend. You saw what happened with Bernie and AOC over the weekend.

Well, Senator Blumenthal, my colleague in Connecticut, was telling me he went to this, you know, tiny last minute Tesla protest at a dealership in Milford, Connecticut. And there were 600 people that essentially shut down Route 1 in Connecticut. I mean, like people are ready to mobilize. We just haven't been organized enough to give them those opportunities.

Well, Senator Blumenthal, my colleague in Connecticut, was telling me he went to this, you know, tiny last minute Tesla protest at a dealership in Milford, Connecticut. And there were 600 people that essentially shut down Route 1 in Connecticut. I mean, like people are ready to mobilize. We just haven't been organized enough to give them those opportunities.

Well, Senator Blumenthal, my colleague in Connecticut, was telling me he went to this, you know, tiny last minute Tesla protest at a dealership in Milford, Connecticut. And there were 600 people that essentially shut down Route 1 in Connecticut. I mean, like people are ready to mobilize. We just haven't been organized enough to give them those opportunities.

And so this speaks to like the actual need of the Democratic Party right now. OK, we have to be better in our tactics inside Washington. But we actually have to build a political infrastructure that can plug people in. And that's what we've been really terrible at doing over the years. The Republicans have a permanent political infrastructure, mobilizing legal messaging, intellectual.

And so this speaks to like the actual need of the Democratic Party right now. OK, we have to be better in our tactics inside Washington. But we actually have to build a political infrastructure that can plug people in. And that's what we've been really terrible at doing over the years. The Republicans have a permanent political infrastructure, mobilizing legal messaging, intellectual.

And so this speaks to like the actual need of the Democratic Party right now. OK, we have to be better in our tactics inside Washington. But we actually have to build a political infrastructure that can plug people in. And that's what we've been really terrible at doing over the years. The Republicans have a permanent political infrastructure, mobilizing legal messaging, intellectual.

The Democrats have a very thin permanent infrastructure. So Democrats, because we raise money primarily from smaller and medium sized donors, we don't have money until about six months before the election. But there's a consultant class in the Democratic Party. And until we break their grip on our party, we're going to continue to spend money badly.

The Democrats have a very thin permanent infrastructure. So Democrats, because we raise money primarily from smaller and medium sized donors, we don't have money until about six months before the election. But there's a consultant class in the Democratic Party. And until we break their grip on our party, we're going to continue to spend money badly.

The Democrats have a very thin permanent infrastructure. So Democrats, because we raise money primarily from smaller and medium sized donors, we don't have money until about six months before the election. But there's a consultant class in the Democratic Party. And until we break their grip on our party, we're going to continue to spend money badly.