Senator Chris Murphy

And so the only way that we put pressure on Republicans at the state level, at the federal level, to raise their voices, to put pressure on Republicans to stop the slide, the only way that we get media companies to change their tune is to make people understand that the unraveling is happening as we speak, and that's broadly not the way the Democrats are talking today.

We're talking as if it's a potential development sometime in the future after January 20th.

We're talking as if it's a potential development sometime in the future after January 20th.

Well, I mean, I think it involves a broadside attack on the power of billionaires in our economy today. And have Democrats been a little reluctant to engage in that critique because some of those billionaires are on our side? Certainly.

Well, I mean, I think it involves a broadside attack on the power of billionaires in our economy today. And have Democrats been a little reluctant to engage in that critique because some of those billionaires are on our side? Certainly.

Um, is it maybe part of the reason why we have stopped, um, elevating campaign finance reform, meaning getting private money out of politics, um, in our issue, uh, priority because, you know, we now more than ever rely on some of those really, really rich people to fund our campaigns and super PAC shirt. Um,

Um, is it maybe part of the reason why we have stopped, um, elevating campaign finance reform, meaning getting private money out of politics, um, in our issue, uh, priority because, you know, we now more than ever rely on some of those really, really rich people to fund our campaigns and super PAC shirt. Um,

So this is, I think, part of what we have to get our arms wrapped around, that people want to vote for the party that is going to blow up the current rules of engagement between the economic elites and government. And right now, they don't believe that's the Democratic Party.

So this is, I think, part of what we have to get our arms wrapped around, that people want to vote for the party that is going to blow up the current rules of engagement between the economic elites and government. And right now, they don't believe that's the Democratic Party.

So I think we've got to be able to look at ourselves and decide whether we want to still have our own operations funded in part by you know, that very same set of economic elites.

So I think we've got to be able to look at ourselves and decide whether we want to still have our own operations funded in part by you know, that very same set of economic elites.

Five.

Five.

I didn't. So we passed the Senate years ago. Right. So any of us have the opportunity to block it. I did not. I did not block it because I think on balance, it's probably the right thing for the country. But there is this argument about, you know, kids having to. sit out in the freezing cold super early in the morning, which is also not awesome.

I didn't. So we passed the Senate years ago. Right. So any of us have the opportunity to block it. I did not. I did not block it because I think on balance, it's probably the right thing for the country. But there is this argument about, you know, kids having to. sit out in the freezing cold super early in the morning, which is also not awesome.

So I'm for it, but I'm not like enthusiastically for it. I'm not evangelizing on it.

So I'm for it, but I'm not like enthusiastically for it. I'm not evangelizing on it.

That sounds so confusing. Here's my compromise. If you pair it together with the elimination of the penny. I'm in. I mean, we got to stop minting these fucking pennies. I could take a look at that.

That sounds so confusing. Here's my compromise. If you pair it together with the elimination of the penny. I'm in. I mean, we got to stop minting these fucking pennies. I could take a look at that.

I know everybody's like, oh, I've been to Connecticut. I've driven through your state, right from Boston to New York. No, stop. Take a stop in New Haven. Go to Sally's or Modern or Pete's. There's plenty of options. And your opinion about our state and your willingness to spend a little bit of time on your way through will be transformed.