<p>Americans want Democrats to &#8220;fight&#8221; President Donald Trump, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) contended on Sunday, despite polling that painted a dismal picture for his party.</p>
<p>On NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; Murphy <a href="https://x.com/westernlensman/status/1901281862594580654?s=46&amp;t=z5YS3Gq8Y9sGYCPA7C8RlQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alluded</a> to a contentious few days for Senate Democrats in the last week. During that time, enough members of the party chose <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-officially-sends-funding-bill-to-trumps-desk-after-dems-cave" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not to support</a> blocking a GOP-backed stopgap bill, allowing it to pass and averting a partial government shutdown.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think Americans want the Democratic Party to stand up and fight and to take risks. Listen, I understand that had we gone into a shutdown, even for a handful of days, it would have been difficult,&#8221; Murphy said.</p>
<p>&#8220;But it would have sent a message that the Democratic Party is not going to be bullied by Donald Trump,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We are not going to let them write spending bills unilaterally that cut programs for people we care about, that give the president new and extraordinary power.&#8221;</p>
<p>Murphy was responding to moderator Kristen Welker, who pressed the senator for a response to a new NBC survey. Conducted before the Senate showdown over the continuing resolution, the national poll <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yuge-poll-numbers-for-trump-president-cracks-right-direction-threshold-not-seen-since-2004" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> just 27% of respondents had a positive view of the Democrats.</p>
<p>The same survey revealed that Trump and his second-term administration reached a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yuge-poll-numbers-for-trump-president-cracks-right-direction-threshold-not-seen-since-2004" target="_blank" rel="noopener">significant milestone</a>, with 44% of Americans saying they believe the United States is &#8220;headed in the right direction&#8221; — the highest level since early 2004 when George W. Bush was president.</p>
<p>Despite these findings, Murphy argued that bipartisanship is not a viable option for his party. Echoing a common refrain among Democrats, he warned that representative democracy in the United States is at risk with Trump in office.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think Democrats in this country, but I think the broad middle of the public as well, want to see our party fighting in exceptional ways,&#8221; Murphy said. &#8220;That is the conversation that has to happen inside of the Democratic Party, inside our caucus. And if we don&#8217;t get that right, if we continue to work with Republicans, if we continue to hand Donald Trump more power, we are going to lose our democracy.&#8221;</p>

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