Senator Chris Murphy

STRICT ETHICS REFORM, AND SOMEWHERE WE LOST OUR WAY. AT SOME POINT, THAT WENT FROM A TOP THREE ISSUE TO LIKE A TOP 20 ISSUE, AND THAT ALLOWED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO BECOME THE PARTY THAT WAS ACTUALLY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT REFORM AND GOVERNMENT. IF WE WANT TO BE CREDIBLE ANTI-CORRUPTION MESSENGERS, AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE MOST CORRUPT WHITE HOUSE, THE MOST CORRUPT GOVERNMENT WE'VE EVER SEEN.

THANK GOD I TALKED ABOUT ME. THIS IS THE MOST CORRUPT SHOW I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. Then as Democrats, we have to start talking about how we would fix it. And what happened in this last election, as you know, is that we made democracy the tentpole of the Harris campaign. And it looked like we were defending the existing democracy.

THANK GOD I TALKED ABOUT ME. THIS IS THE MOST CORRUPT SHOW I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. Then as Democrats, we have to start talking about how we would fix it. And what happened in this last election, as you know, is that we made democracy the tentpole of the Harris campaign. And it looked like we were defending the existing democracy.

This version of democracy is working for billionaires, corporations, and the elites. And if we don't talk about how we're going to change that, then we're not going to be credible in this country. But isn't it going to be pretty? Enjoy your coffee.

This version of democracy is working for billionaires, corporations, and the elites. And if we don't talk about how we're going to change that, then we're not going to be credible in this country. But isn't it going to be pretty? Enjoy your coffee.

So listen, it all started during the Wall Street crisis of 2008. The Democratic Party is supposed to be the party that breaks up the banks, not the party that bails out the banks, right? And it was that day the Democratic Party started to lose credibility.

So listen, it all started during the Wall Street crisis of 2008. The Democratic Party is supposed to be the party that breaks up the banks, not the party that bails out the banks, right? And it was that day the Democratic Party started to lose credibility.

history of even when you think about medicare or the aca oftentimes those are just subsidies corporations love the aca they're making a shit ton of money billions of dollars so this party has become addicted recently to sort of writing people checks in order to compensate for the way in which the economy is rigged i'm not saying that the child tax now we're getting somewhere baby come on

history of even when you think about medicare or the aca oftentimes those are just subsidies corporations love the aca they're making a shit ton of money billions of dollars so this party has become addicted recently to sort of writing people checks in order to compensate for the way in which the economy is rigged i'm not saying that the child tax now we're getting somewhere baby come on

Now you're talking, Murphy! Let's go! So I'm not saying, right, I'm not saying that the child tax credit isn't a good thing or a little bit more money for your Obamacare subsidy isn't a good thing, but that doesn't make people feel good that you're having to give them a little bit of money to compensate for the fact that work doesn't pay in this country. There you go.

Now you're talking, Murphy! Let's go! So I'm not saying, right, I'm not saying that the child tax credit isn't a good thing or a little bit more money for your Obamacare subsidy isn't a good thing, but that doesn't make people feel good that you're having to give them a little bit of money to compensate for the fact that work doesn't pay in this country. There you go.

That drug company CEOs are making out like bandits buying their seventh house, right? Hallelujah! Hallelujah! So if you were really serious, if you were really serious about communicating a message that resonates with people, you wouldn't be talking about just negotiating in a different way for 10 drugs.

That drug company CEOs are making out like bandits buying their seventh house, right? Hallelujah! Hallelujah! So if you were really serious, if you were really serious about communicating a message that resonates with people, you wouldn't be talking about just negotiating in a different way for 10 drugs.

You would be talking about putting a cap on the amount of money that any drug company can sell drugs to any American. Is that so hard? That's the point.

You would be talking about putting a cap on the amount of money that any drug company can sell drugs to any American. Is that so hard? That's the point.

OK, so two things. One, we viewed people like Bernie as an outlier threat to the institutional Democratic Party, when, in fact, what he was talking about and is still talking about is the crossover message, right? Is the message that actually brings... It's the traditional Democratic message. That actually... It's RFK Democrats. And it pulls Trump voters back into the Democratic coalition.

OK, so two things. One, we viewed people like Bernie as an outlier threat to the institutional Democratic Party, when, in fact, what he was talking about and is still talking about is the crossover message, right? Is the message that actually brings... It's the traditional Democratic message. That actually... It's RFK Democrats. And it pulls Trump voters back into the Democratic coalition.

The second thing is this. The Republican Party has paid for a... permanent infrastructure around ideas and around messaging that makes something like Project 2025 possible.

The second thing is this. The Republican Party has paid for a... permanent infrastructure around ideas and around messaging that makes something like Project 2025 possible.

Whereas Democrats raise lots of money every two years, we blow it all on 30-second ads that disappear into the ether as soon as the election is done, instead of actually building our own permanent infrastructure so that we could be selling our ideas, like economic justice, like loving instead of fearing your neighbor, like breaking up powerful corporations every single day.