Senator Chris Murphy

When I started out in politics 20, 25 years ago, campaign finance reform, getting big money, corporate money, lobbyist money out of politics, that was a top two or three issue for Democrats. Somewhere along the line, we stopped explaining politics Maybe we stopped caring as much about unrigging the democracy.

When I started out in politics 20, 25 years ago, campaign finance reform, getting big money, corporate money, lobbyist money out of politics, that was a top two or three issue for Democrats. Somewhere along the line, we stopped explaining politics Maybe we stopped caring as much about unrigging the democracy.

When I started out in politics 20, 25 years ago, campaign finance reform, getting big money, corporate money, lobbyist money out of politics, that was a top two or three issue for Democrats. Somewhere along the line, we stopped explaining politics Maybe we stopped caring as much about unrigging the democracy.

Our sort of democracy talk became voting rights talk, which is really important, but that's actually not the thing that sort of scratches the itch that most Americans have today, which is the influence of billionaires and corporations everywhere. inside politics.

Our sort of democracy talk became voting rights talk, which is really important, but that's actually not the thing that sort of scratches the itch that most Americans have today, which is the influence of billionaires and corporations everywhere. inside politics.

Our sort of democracy talk became voting rights talk, which is really important, but that's actually not the thing that sort of scratches the itch that most Americans have today, which is the influence of billionaires and corporations everywhere. inside politics.

So I think, you know, some of the low approval ratings for Democrats are just a function of sort of the first six months of the Trump administration and people taking out their anger against anybody, including Democrats.

So I think, you know, some of the low approval ratings for Democrats are just a function of sort of the first six months of the Trump administration and people taking out their anger against anybody, including Democrats.

So I think, you know, some of the low approval ratings for Democrats are just a function of sort of the first six months of the Trump administration and people taking out their anger against anybody, including Democrats.

But some of that is because we just don't talk enough about, you know, what we would do to unrig the democracy if we were put in charge and people aren't going to really listen to our message of Trump's corruption unless they really believe that we're serious about changing the rules so that there's less corruption.

But some of that is because we just don't talk enough about, you know, what we would do to unrig the democracy if we were put in charge and people aren't going to really listen to our message of Trump's corruption unless they really believe that we're serious about changing the rules so that there's less corruption.

But some of that is because we just don't talk enough about, you know, what we would do to unrig the democracy if we were put in charge and people aren't going to really listen to our message of Trump's corruption unless they really believe that we're serious about changing the rules so that there's less corruption.

Yes, that's right to an extent. I mean, listen, his approval ratings are sinking, and that is really important. When a president gets down into the 30s, his enablers do start to get cold feet. I mean, it will be harder— for him to pass this massive cut in Medicaid funding in order to finance a billionaire tax cut if his approval ratings are at 35%.

Yes, that's right to an extent. I mean, listen, his approval ratings are sinking, and that is really important. When a president gets down into the 30s, his enablers do start to get cold feet. I mean, it will be harder— for him to pass this massive cut in Medicaid funding in order to finance a billionaire tax cut if his approval ratings are at 35%.

Yes, that's right to an extent. I mean, listen, his approval ratings are sinking, and that is really important. When a president gets down into the 30s, his enablers do start to get cold feet. I mean, it will be harder— for him to pass this massive cut in Medicaid funding in order to finance a billionaire tax cut if his approval ratings are at 35%.

So I don't necessarily know that the message is in whole not working if in part what your goal is when you're the majority party is to make the majority party really, really unpopular so that their legislative agenda gets jammed up. But yes, we have to be... more willing to engage in risk-tolerant behavior, and we have not.

So I don't necessarily know that the message is in whole not working if in part what your goal is when you're the majority party is to make the majority party really, really unpopular so that their legislative agenda gets jammed up. But yes, we have to be... more willing to engage in risk-tolerant behavior, and we have not.

So I don't necessarily know that the message is in whole not working if in part what your goal is when you're the majority party is to make the majority party really, really unpopular so that their legislative agenda gets jammed up. But yes, we have to be... more willing to engage in risk-tolerant behavior, and we have not.

I mean, part of the reason that I argued that we should be willing to vote against that Republican continuing resolution was to show that we are not going to be complicit with Republicans on a budget that they wrote without any Democratic input.

I mean, part of the reason that I argued that we should be willing to vote against that Republican continuing resolution was to show that we are not going to be complicit with Republicans on a budget that they wrote without any Democratic input.