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.
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.
&#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.
&#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;
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.
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.
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.
&#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;

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)

Confronted With Party’s Cratering Popularity, Dem Insists Americans Crave Anti-Trump ‘Fight’

Chris Murphy

Congress

Democrats

Donald Trump

Politics

Spending Bill

U.S.

U.S. Senate

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) admitted on Tuesday that the Democratic Party&#8217;s media strategy was outdated at best — and that Republicans, according to an assessment laid out by Fox News host Jesse Watters, had their number.
Watters raised the issue during a recent broadcast of &#8220;The Five&#8221; on Fox News, where he described in detail how information got to the people in the new conservative media ecosystem.
WATCH:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Watters: We are waging a 21st century information warfare campaign against the left…What you&#39;re seeing on the right is asymmetrical… Someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcasts it.. and by the time it reaches everybody, millions… <a href="https://t.co/EccQutLW0J">pic.twitter.com/EccQutLW0J</a>
&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1891619744568180781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&#8220;We are waging a 21st-century information warfare campaign against the Left and they are using tactics from the 1990s,&#8221; Watters said. &#8220;They are holding tiny press conferences, tiny little rallies. They’re screaming into the ether on MSNBC. This is what you call top-down command and control. You get your talking points from a newspaper and you put it on the broadcast network and then it disappears.&#8221;
He went on to describe the different strategies currently being implemented on the Right — strategies developed in part because the Left has long had a stranglehold on legacy media outlets in the United States.
&#8220;What you’re seeing on the Right is asymmetrical. It’s like grassroots guerrilla warfare. Someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcasts it. And by the time it reaches everybody, millions of people have seen it. It’s free money. And we’re actually talking about expressing information. They are suppressing information,&#8221; Watters continued.
Murphy responded to the Fox News host in an X post, conceding that his assessment was correct and arguing that Democrats needed to find a way to break out of their old habits if they wanted to win.
&#8220;This is true. And until the left builds an infrastructure to confront this reality — and stops acting like political communication is still just buying millions of TV and digital ads every two years — we are cooked,&#8221; he said.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
This is true. And until the left builds an infrastructure to confront this reality &#8211; and stops acting like political communication is still just buying millions of TV and digital ads every two years &#8211; we are cooked. <a href="https://t.co/U0ZMhFULTl">https://t.co/U0ZMhFULTl</a>
&mdash; Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1891833231739068870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&nbsp;

Senators Meet For Their Policy Luncheons On Capitol Hill

Dem Senator Admits Fox News Host Has His Party’s Strategy Nailed: ‘We Are Cooked’

Dem. Senator Admits Fox News Host Has His Party's Strategy Nailed: 'We Are Cooked'

Fox News

Jesse Watters

Media

Leading <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> Republicans have been delivering fiery rebukes as their Democrat colleagues slowed down the process of confirming President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s Cabinet nominees for his nascent second term in the White House.
After Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) objected to a so-called <a href="https://x.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1881841277626671515" target="_blank" rel="noopener">time agreement</a> that would have allowed a final vote on <a href="https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/1881476717325558114" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Ratcliffe</a>&#8216;s nomination to become CIA director on Tuesday, Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) voiced his dismay in <a href="https://www.c-span.org/event/us-senate/us-senate/430291" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a> on the Senate floor while stressing that the upper chamber would press ahead with Trump&#8217;s picks.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve now wasted a whole day where we could have been acting on that nomination,&#8221; Thune said, adding that the question before the Senate was &#8220;do we want a vote on these folks on Tuesday or vote on them on Friday, Saturday and Sunday? Because that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to do. This can be easy or this can be hard.&#8221;
Thune highlighted that Ratcliffe, a former House Republican from Texas who served as director of national intelligence at the end of Trump&#8217;s first term, sailed through the Senate Intelligence Committee by a 14-3 vote with bipartisan support.
&#8220;This is about America&#8217;s national security interests. And we&#8217;re stalling,&#8221; Thune continued. &#8220;So that&#8217;s not going to happen. We&#8217;re going to file cloture on them. You can force us to stay here, staying around here. And we can vote on these things Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. But we&#8217;re going to vote on them.&#8221;
<a href="https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus/?_gl=1*1lail3r*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3MzIyMDEyNDkuQ2owS0NRaUEwZnU1QmhEUUFSSXNBTVhVQk9JSkM0VnNsMFVreURxYXUxVWVEVWdOdjZkNzR2Y1pEeEZQeHVBcGl2R3BLaTdBMjVzT1p5TWFBdG1nRUFMd193Y0I.*_gcl_au*NDUxNDQ0NzYwLjE3MzY3ODI2NDY.*_ga*MTc2NzM0NDQ2NS4xNzI4OTA5Nzkx*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTczNjk1NzYwMy4zNDAuMS4xNzM2OTU3NzE2LjYwLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus/?_gl%3D1*1lail3r*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3MzIyMDEyNDkuQ2owS0NRaUEwZnU1QmhEUUFSSXNBTVhVQk9JSkM0VnNsMFVreURxYXUxVWVEVWdOdjZkNzR2Y1pEeEZQeHVBcGl2R3BLaTdBMjVzT1p5TWFBdG1nRUFMd193Y0I.*_gcl_au*NDUxNDQ0NzYwLjE3MzY3ODI2NDY.*_ga*MTc2NzM0NDQ2NS4xNzI4OTA5Nzkx*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTczNjk1NzYwMy4zNDAuMS4xNzM2OTU3NzE2LjYwLjAuMA..&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1737044212122000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3mp2MZNwEXBk00lKmCtOss">CELEBRATE #47 WITH 47% OFF DAILYWIRE+ MEMBERSHIPS + A FREE $20 GIFT</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
As I’ve repeatedly said, Senate Republicans are ready to work as long as needed to confirm President Trump’s nominees. Nights. Weekends. Recesses. <a href="https://t.co/yLl2hIo0pc">pic.twitter.com/yLl2hIo0pc</a>
&mdash; Leader John Thune (@LeaderJohnThune) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeaderJohnThune/status/1881880780319944809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Thune also took procedural steps that will pave the way to final confirmation votes in the coming days for Ratcliffe&#8217;s nomination, as well as South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem&#8217;s nomination to become Homeland Security secretary and Pete Hegseth&#8217;s nomination to become Defense secretary — both of whom have advanced out of committee, too.
With a post to X featuring a video of his remarks, Thune suggested there could even be recess appointments. Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-how-recess-appointments-work-and-how-they-could-help-trump-fill-his-cabinet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advocated</a> for installing his own nominees in such a manner, during a recess, if the Senate fails to confirm them in a &#8220;timely manner.&#8221;
In rejecting the Senate Republicans&#8217; bid to proceed more swiftly with a confirmation vote on Ratcliffe&#8217;s nomination, Murphy <a href="https://www.c-span.org/event/us-senate/us-senate/430291" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he wanted a &#8220;full&#8221; debate that lasted a couple more days while insisting that some members had &#8220;serious concerns&#8221; that the CIA pick would not be able to &#8220;distance himself from the political interests of President Trump.&#8221;
But Senate Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton (R-AR) wasn&#8217;t buying it. He rejected Murphy&#8217;s claim about Democrats needing more time to discuss Ratcliffe&#8217;s nomination and surmised that &#8220;what this is really about is trying to drag out all of these nominations to play procedural games, as we&#8217;re about to, with Pete Hegseth&#8217;s nomination to try to deny President Trump his Cabinet in a prompt and timely fashion.&#8221;
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
My message to obstructionist Democrats:
Don’t make plans this weekend. We’re going to get President Trump’s nominees confirmed the easy collegial way, or apparently the hard way. <a href="https://t.co/DJrA09bTqk">pic.twitter.com/DJrA09bTqk</a>
&mdash; Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1881851088980279482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
So far, the GOP-led Senate has approved just one of Trump&#8217;s Cabinet nominees: now-former senator from Florida, Marco Rubio, who on Tuesday was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marco-rubio-sworn-in-says-war-in-ukraine-must-end" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sworn in</a> to office as U.S. Secretary of State after being confirmed by a unanimous vote on Monday.
While some delays may be <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/confirmation-delays-stack-up-trump-nominees-paperwork-lags-federal-offices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">due to paperwork</a>, the Senate Judiciary Committee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-democrats-put-arbitrary-hold-on-pam-bondi-nomination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that Democrats pushed back a meeting to vote on advancing the nomination of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pam-bondi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pam Bondi</a> to become U.S. attorney general by a week with a hold allowed under the rules.

John Thune

Senate Republicans Erupt Over Dem ‘Stalling’ Of Trump Nominees

John Ratcliffe

Kristi Noem

Pam Bondi

Pete Hegseth

Senate Democrats

Tom Cotton

Leftist Connecticut Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy was harshly criticized after he insisted in the wake of the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, “Murder isn’t justified. It isn’t,” then followed with, “but&#8230;”
Murphy, who mocked President-elect Donald Trump over the summer as “ridiculous” and “reckless” during the presidential campaign, released a video on Sunday in which he demagogued the issue of violence against the heads of insurance companies.
“Listen, I think that political leaders in this country need to be part of this conversation that’s happening all over the country in the wake of the shooting of the United Healthcare CEO,” he declared. Then, patting himself on the back, he continued. “I know that it’s fraught; I know that it’s uncomfortable, but this is really important.”
“Listen, I’m never going to condone violence; I don’t here,” he stated. “I spend my entire life fighting gun violence because I know that the devastation is enormous that it leaves behind. What I see happening in this country, though, is a real visceral anger, that the outrage at Brian Thompson’s death, or the outrage at the death of any powerful person, isn’t matched by the anger over the thousands of people who die often anonymous deaths every single day in this country at the hands of a healthcare industry that mostly doesn’t give a sh** about people, and only care about profits.”
<a href="https://get.dailywire.com/gift-guide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://get.dailywire.com/gift-guide/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1734316362792000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3WFrGTKGi4Kfdcfmpq1Mud">CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE</a>
“Ordinary people in this country are not indifferent to the loss of life but these companies are,” he insisted before vilifying insurance companies. “Why do I know this? Why do millions of Americans know this? Because the business model of the healthcare industry is to deny care, necessary medical care, to people who need it, and force them into bankruptcy or worse, let them die in order to grow profit. There are a ton of good people in the healthcare industry: nurses, doctors. But that’s an immoral system.&#8221;
Then he launched into his diatribe: “Watching people die, ruining families financially to pad profits and make money for the people who run the biggest companies? Murder is never justified. It isn’t. But if this country’s leaders don’t pay attention to the conversation that’s happening right now, this weekend, that is a mistake.”
“People in America today feel ignored, they feel scared, they feel alone in a system that intentionally grinds them down. A system where profit matters more than life. My colleagues need to listen, and we need to do something about it,” he concluded.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
I know it&#8217;s uncomfortable for political leaders to wade into the conversation that&#8217;s happening in this country in the aftermath of the murder of the United Health CEO. But we need to listen to what people are feeling. And act. <a href="https://t.co/V3WwRV74Fo">pic.twitter.com/V3WwRV74Fo</a>
— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1868406841325007036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Social media ripped into Murphy:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Maybe you should stop following the people cheering on execution on BlueSky.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1868442013915562475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Holy crap. This is a senator essentially justifying murder. <a href="https://t.co/MmKNSvZhBy">https://t.co/MmKNSvZhBy</a>
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) <a href="https://twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/1868471422605275334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Delete this. Using murder as a call for action is an implicit call for violence that will boomerang. 🪃. This isn’t okay.
I fight like hell to fix our healthcare system which is broken thanks to the straitjacket of insane govt regulations and cronyism. But this is messed up.
— Joe Lonsdale (@JTLonsdale) <a href="https://twitter.com/JTLonsdale/status/1868514936609230928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
The pro murder bloc expands. <a href="https://t.co/kkUKmXgP5u">https://t.co/kkUKmXgP5u</a>
— Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 (@pmarca) <a href="https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1868512939940159828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
The lack of self-awareness in this is astonishing.
The government is a terrible, inefficient dumpster that constantly harms people. Would Chris be cool with his logic being applied to himself? <a href="https://t.co/MmKNSvZhBy">https://t.co/MmKNSvZhBy</a>
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) <a href="https://twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/1868473761365966882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&nbsp;
Last summer, Murphy <a href="https://www.courant.com/2024/04/14/u-s-sen-chris-murphy-with-large-lead-and-9-million-campaign-cash-in-bank/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">predicted,</a> “Biden is going to crush Trump in Connecticut because most Republicans in Connecticut cannot stand Trump. You look where Biden does the best in Connecticut, and it’s often in places where the Republicans just a generation ago would clean up. I think Biden is going to win by 20-plus points in Connecticut. Trump is more ridiculous, more reckless, and more dangerous today than he was four years ago, and I think people in Connecticut know that.”
Vice President Kamala Harris won Connecticut by 14.5 points.
Murphy has also <a href="//C9196CB5-E324-4809-9891-33B06180AD09/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> illegal immigrants the “people we care about most, the undocumented Americans that are in this country,&#8221;

2024 Democratic National Convention: Day 3

‘Using Murder As A Call For Action’: Dem Senator Ripped For Comments On UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder

Brian Thompson

Connecticut

Luigi Mangione

Murder

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) faced backlash on Monday after he blamed former President Donald Trump for President Joe Biden&#8217;s disastrous withdraw from Afghanistan in 2021 that resulted in 13 U.S. service members being killed during an ISIS suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport.
&#8220;Trump owns the Afghanistan withdrawal,&#8221; Murphy posted on X. &#8220;He cut a bad deal with the Taliban to withdraw (he takes credit for it!), forcing Biden to clean it up and making a chaotic exit practically inevitable.&#8221;
Murphy made the false claim while responding to remarks that Trump made at the National Guard Association of the United States conference in Detroit.
“Caused by Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, the humiliation in Afghanistan set off the collapse of American credibility and respect all around the world,” Trump told the audience of about 4,000.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
President Trump honors the 13 heroes killed in the Harris-Biden botched Afghanistan withdrawal three years ago today 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/1KZMHvnV4h">pic.twitter.com/1KZMHvnV4h</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1828060387654181199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
Biden took full responsibility for the disastrous withdraw during a press conference in January 2022.
&#8220;There was no way to get out of Afghanistan, after 20 years, easily,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;Not possible no matter when you did it. And I make no apologies for what I did.&#8221;
Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris was asked about the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan a few months before it happened.
“Joe Biden just made a really big decision—Afghanistan—were you the last person in the room?” asked CNN host Dana Bash.
&#8220;Yes,&#8221; Harris responded.
“And you feel comfortable?&#8221; Bash asked.
Harris responded, &#8220;I do.&#8221;
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Kamala Harris was the last person in the room when the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan was ordered, leading to 13 American service members being killed. Harris bragged about her role on-camera. <a href="https://t.co/jGEWx68pff">pic.twitter.com/jGEWx68pff</a>
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonMillerinDC/status/1828036012100247715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
There was significant pushback to Murphy&#8217;s false claim that Trump was responsible for Biden&#8217;s disastrous withdraw.
&#8220;F*ck you. Seriously,&#8221; said the popular YouTube gun channel Military Arms Channel. &#8220;This is disgusting behavior. You know full well Trump had nothing to do with Biden ignoring his generals and doing the withdraw the way he did. That&#8217;s 100% on him. Hell, he didn&#8217;t have to keep Trumps timeline if he didn&#8217;t want to, but he did.&#8221;
Political commentator Stephen L. Miller wrote: &#8220;That wasn&#8217;t Trump who closed the airfield and opened up the prisons which led to the bottlenecking of people falling off wheelwells, and 13 soldiers being murdered.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a truly vile attempt to deny responsibility,&#8221; said RealClearPolitics senior writer Mark Hemingway. &#8220;Biden was not &#8216;forced&#8217; to do anything. It’s his fault.&#8221;
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) posted on X: &#8220;Umm…Bush and Obama also negotiated with the Taliban. The Taliban didn’t live up their end of the deal with them … OR Trump.&#8221;
&#8220;But Biden withdrew UNCONDITIONALLY… pulling our military before our civilians and allies,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Your defense of the idiotic and catastrophic won’t wear well, Senator.&#8221;

Senator Murphy Blasted For Blaming Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster On Trump

Afghanistan

Joe Biden

Kamala Harris

Mike Waltz

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said over the weekend that he believes that President Joe Biden still has it in him to continue running for re-election as some Democrats have pushed for Biden to step aside following his debate performance a week and a half ago.
Murphy made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Dana Bash on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; while talking about the situation that Biden faces.
Murphy said that he was shocked that all the conversation has been about Biden&#8217;s debate performance and not about what Trump said as Murphy proceeded to make false claims about things that Trump said.
&#8220;Personally, I love Joe Biden,&#8221; Murphy said, adding that he wasn&#8217;t sure Biden&#8217;s ABC News interview on Friday was enough to quiet opposition to Biden within the Democratic Party. &#8220;And so I think this week is going to be absolutely critical.&#8221;
&#8220;I think the president needs to do more,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m not advising this campaign, but, if I were, I would probably suggest that the president get out there and do a town hall, that he do a press conference, that he show the country that he is still the old Joe Biden, one of the best retail politicians this country has ever seen.&#8221;
&#8220;The president says he can do that. I trust that he can,&#8221; he said, later adding: &#8220;I take him at his word. I believe that he can do it.&#8221;
WATCH:
<iframe loading="lazy" title="Senator Murphy On President Biden&#039;s Debate Performance" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GcsEOax3gvw?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Democrat Senator Chris Murphy On Biden Staying In The Race: ‘I Believe That He Can Do It’

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) admitted in a recent social media post that the Democratic Party could not rely on policies and programs alone if they wanted to win elections — and then suggested that promoting class warfare would help their cause.
Murphy made the comments in a Tuesday post to X, citing a recent study that showed most Democrats were not tailoring their campaigns to make them about disparities in wealth.
&#8220;A new study showing that 4 out of 5 Democratic candidates don&#8217;t talk about billionaire and corporate power,&#8221; Murphy complained.
The study highlighted the fact that Democrats have been losing support among the working class since 2012, and Murphy outright suggested that class warfare was the best way to get working class voters back into the Democrat Party fold.
&#8220;Democrats cannot win if we just talk about programs,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We need to tell a story — about how the concentration and [sic] wealth &amp; power is ruining America.&#8221;
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
A new study showing that 4 out of 5 Democratic candidates don&#39;t talk about billionaire and corporate power.
Democrats cannot win if we just talk about programs.
We need to tell a story &#8211; about how the concentration and wealth &amp; power is ruining America.<a href="https://t.co/yQPJi8VJzj">https://t.co/yQPJi8VJzj</a>
&mdash; Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1767612053215117495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Critics were quick to point out that Murphy appeared to have let the mask slip, admitting that Democrat policies and programs were not winning over the American voters — and that keeping the people divided, pitting average Americans against the wealthy and corporations, was the only way that they could hope to win.
&#8220;It&#8217;s Marxism 101. Create an oppressor class, create an oppressed class, and pit them against each other. Democrats have been doing a very good job of it, but Murphy wants even more,&#8221; one social media user responded.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
It&#39;s Marxism 101. Create an oppressor class, create an oppressed class, and pit them against each other. Democrats have been doing a very good job of it, but Murphy wants even more. <a href="https://t.co/Kwc5GKQ7Yc">https://t.co/Kwc5GKQ7Yc</a>
&mdash; 👠 Laura #Covfefe 👠 (@mwenger1993) <a href="https://twitter.com/mwenger1993/status/1767921432820961528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&#8220;In other words, Democrats need to appeal to people&#8217;s resentments and class warfare. (And before anyone types &#8216;what about,&#8217; I don&#8217;t like the Republican populist version of that, either),&#8221; another posted.
<a href="https://onelink.to/dwapp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="sk-tooltip-9096" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://onelink.to/dwapp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1683221023122000&amp;usg=AOvVaw16mjhcJj4v6BrDibEXrVFW">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
In other words, Democrats need to appeal to people&#39;s resentments and class warfare.
(And before anyone types &quot;what about,&quot; I don&#39;t like the Republican populist version of that, either.) <a href="https://t.co/Q5XynJ3Y50">https://t.co/Q5XynJ3Y50</a>
&mdash; Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) <a href="https://twitter.com/irishspy/status/1767980922329248010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&#8220;Here&#8217;s Chris Murphy confessing that the only way Democrats can win is through division and class warfare. Thanks, Chris. We already knew that. You disgrace,&#8221; Twitchy&#8217;s Grateful Calvin (@shoveitjack) added.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Here&#39;s Chris Murphy confessing that the only way Democrats can win is through division and class warfare. 
Thanks, Chris. We already knew that. 
You disgrace. <a href="https://t.co/S1w9Ne0yaJ">https://t.co/S1w9Ne0yaJ</a>
&mdash; Grateful Calvin (@shoveitjack) <a href="https://twitter.com/shoveitjack/status/1767634470289420370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Sen. Chris Murphy

Democrat Senator Admits His Party Needs Americans Divided If They Want To Win

2024 Election

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told MSNBC this week that his party supports the Senate&#8217;s controversial border bill because it prioritizes the people that Democrats care the most about: illegal aliens.
Murphy made the admission during an interview on the far-left network&#8217;s &#8220;All In With Chris Hayes&#8221; on Wednesday night while talking about the border bill that was unveiled this week in the Senate.
Hayes asked Murphy about why the bill did not have a pathway to citizenship for millions of migrants who illegally came to the United States and suggested that Republicans were to blame.
&#8220;Well, I mean, Chris, that’s been a failed play for 20 years. So you are right that that has been the Democratic strategy for 30 years, maybe, and it has failed to deliver for the people we care about most, the undocumented Americans that are in this country,” Murphy said. “This is also not 2013 any longer. When we ran that play last back then, there were a couple hundred people showing up every day applying for asylum. Today, on some days, there are 8,000. And the reality is, is that the bulk of this country does not think that that’s right or sustainable and wants us to change the reality at the border.&#8221;
&#8220;So I know there’s a temptation for Democrats, and I know you weren’t looking for this argument, but I think there is a temptation to just run the same play we always run because we know how to run it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But when it hasn’t worked and when the country is actually demanding that we do something to make the border more manageable, I do think we have a right and a responsibility to adjust to that reality. Now, this bill still had in it some really important things for migrant rights, including a right to representation and earlier work permits and the biggest expansion of visas in 30 years. It’s not a pathway to citizenship, but it is something substantial for people that actually care about migrants.&#8221;
<a href="https://onelink.to/dwapp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="sk-tooltip-9096" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://onelink.to/dwapp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1700760801843000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP</a>
WATCH:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
WATCH: Sen. Chris Murphy admits Democrats&#39; &quot;strategy&quot; on immigration &quot;has failed to deliver for the people we care about most, the undocumented Americans that are in this country,&quot; so they&#39;re adjusting it. 
Dems are destroying the concept of “citizen.” <a href="https://t.co/6vOmrmioQU">pic.twitter.com/6vOmrmioQU</a>
&mdash; Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1755662555337326799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Senator Murphy On Democrats’ Priorities: ‘People We Care About Most’ Are ‘Undocumented Americans’

Border Crisis

Chris Hayes

illegal alien

illegal immigrant

Illegal Immigration

MSNBC

A top <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> negotiator working to reach <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-says-border-security-talks-face-quandary-as-the-politics-have-changed-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an agreement</a> coupling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border security</a> reforms with aid for U.S. allies, such as Ukraine and Israel, said on Sunday the deal could be up for consideration on the Senate floor this week.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told CNN that lawmakers are &#8220;finishing the text right now&#8221; but warned that the &#8220;bipartisan deal&#8221; may be in jeopardy if Republicans &#8220;listen to&#8221; former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> and reject the compromise that is backed by the Biden administration.
&#8220;I am hopeful that we will still have enough Republicans in the Senate who want to fix the problem at the border, rather than just do Donald Trump&#8217;s bidding, but we will see over the next 24 to 48 hours whether that&#8217;s true,&#8221; Murphy said.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
I went on <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNNSOTU</a> this morning to talk about the bipartisan immigration bill and how it will better manage the flow of people at our southern border. We should pass this bill despite Donald Trump’s desire to keep chaos at the border because it helps him politically. <a href="https://t.co/7inviqO4rH">pic.twitter.com/7inviqO4rH</a>
&mdash; Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1751620141782032781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Trump, who is the frontrunner in the 2024 GOP presidential contest after winning the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, has discouraged compromise in the talks that seek to implement immigration reforms and answer President Joe Biden&#8217;s request last year for roughly $106 billion in supplemental funds to spend on U.S. allies — including Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan — as well as border security and humanitarian assistance.
&#8220;I do not think we should do a Border Deal, at all, unless we get EVERYTHING needed to shut down the INVASION of Millions &amp; Millions of people, many from parts unknown, into our once great, but soon to be great again, Country!&#8221; he <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111775026153711896" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to Truth Social this month.
Purported details of the not-yet-released deal have emerged over the past couple of weeks. One alleged part that has drawn blowback from Republicans is a section that <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-border-bill-allow-5000-migrants-day-before-title-42-limit-starts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> reported would establish a threshold of a seven-day rolling average exceeding 5,000 encounters a day to trigger a Title 42-like authority to quickly remove migrants at the border.
&#8220;This bill normalizes 5,000 people a day coming in, 5,000 people a day is over 1.8 million a year. That’s called an invasion,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345771049112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). &#8220;By the way, under [President] Joe Biden, we’ve had 9.6 million. So, the great Republican compromise is we’re for two-thirds of Joe Biden’s open borders. We’ll let in 6 million instead of 9 million. This makes utterly no sense.&#8221;
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), who has been working with Murphy to come up with a compromise deal, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345771049112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed back</a> on the critique from Cruz when asked to confirm whether the 5,000 encounters threshold was part of the agreement, contending that the section in question is being misinterpreted.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Sen. Lankford denies the media reports that the Senate border bill allows up to 5,000 illegal immigrants per day into the U.S., calling it &quot;internet rumors.&quot;
&quot;This bill focuses on getting us to zero illegal crossings a day&#8230;This is the most misunderstood section&#8230;&quot; <a href="https://t.co/6u4Ro9HJ6j">pic.twitter.com/6u4Ro9HJ6j</a>
&mdash; Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href="https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1751636659387396529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&#8220;Right now, there’s internet rumors. It’s all that people are running. It would be absolutely absurd for me to agree to 5,000 people a day,&#8221; he said on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; with anchor Shannon Bream, contending that the section is designed to shut down the border if there is a &#8220;rush of people&#8221; approaching.
<a href="https://onelink.to/dwapp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="sk-tooltip-9096" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://onelink.to/dwapp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1700760801843000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP</a>
&#8220;This bill focuses on getting us to zero illegal crossings a day. There’s no amnesty. It increases the number of Border Patrol agents and it increases asylum officers. It increases detention beds so we can quickly detain and then deport individuals,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It ends catch-and-release. It focuses on additional deportation flights out. It changes our asylum process so that people can get a fast asylum screening at a higher standard and then get returned back to their home country.&#8221;
Lankford also dismissed critics who claim the deal would still allow many people into the country while giving Biden a political victory that he could brag about in an election year.
https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1751654894744817848
&#8220;It is interesting: Republicans, four months ago, would not give funding for Ukraine, for Israel, and for our southern border because we demanded changes in policy. So, we actually locked arms together and said, &#8216;We’re not going to give money for this. We want a change in law,'&#8221; Lanford said. &#8220;And now, it’s interesting, a few months later, when we’re finally getting to the end, they’re like, &#8216;Oh, just kidding, I actually don&#8217;t want a change in law because of the presidential election year.&#8217; We all have an oath to the Constitution and we have a commitment to say we’re going to do whatever we can to be able to secure the border.&#8221;

Senator James Lankford

Senate Negotiators Wrapping Up Border Deal, Push Back On ‘Internet Rumors’

Senate Negotiators Wrapping Up Border Deal, Push Back On 'Internet Rumors'

James Lankford

Southern Border

Ukraine-Russia War

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) signaled over the weekend that it was time to start cracking down on Chinese-controlled TikTok in the wake of Hamas&#8217; October 7 terrorist attacks because of the content that the company is promoting.
Murphy&#8217;s remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; with host Dana Bash come as numerous officials have accused the company of being a propaganda tool of the Chinese Communist Party.
&#8220;Senator, we have seen an alarming spike in antisemitism, hate against Jews, across the United States, but particularly on college campuses,&#8221; Bash said. &#8220;You also sit on the Senate committee that deals with education.&#8221;
&#8220;What&#8217;s gone so wrong on America&#8217;s college campuses that you have students openly applauding the terrorist killings of 1,200 or more civilians?&#8221; she asked.
Murphy responded, &#8220;Listen, I&#8217;m all for free speech on our campuses, but I have been very disappointed at the response of many of our University officials. There&#8217;s a direct line between some of the most vicious antisemitism speech happening on our campus and threats of violence to synagogues and to Jewish communities. I ultimately think we need to sort of think really hard about the way in which our young people are receiving information about this conflict.&#8221;
<a href="https://onelink.to/dwapp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="sk-tooltip-9096" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://onelink.to/dwapp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1700760801843000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP</a>
&#8220;We need to hold accountable the social media sites, in particular, TikTok, which is just full of virulent pro-Hamas and antisemitic material. The college campuses need to have a better means of accountability for this kind of hate speech,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But we also have to recognize that these young people are getting their information from somewhere, often from a Chinese-controlled social media platform that has in its interests trying to turn Americans against each other. And one of the means they may be doing that is trying to promote a lot of pretty hateful and divisive material about the conflict in Gaza.&#8221;
WATCH:
<iframe loading="lazy" title="Murphy Discusses Hostage Agreement on CNN&#039;s State of the Union" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ek1QZtz7kbc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Brexit

Democrat Senator Murphy Advocates Cracking Down On TikTok: ‘Full Of Virulent Pro-Hamas’ Material

Anti-Semitism

Hamas

Israel

TikTok

Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-senator-chris-murphy-claims-there-have-been-frank-camp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Murphy</a> (D-CT) claimed over the weekend that the American people would &#8220;revolt&#8221; if the United States Supreme Court continued to block new gun control laws.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-senator-chris-murphy-outlines-all-the-ways-some-gop-senators-are-cracking-on-gun-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Murphy</a> made the comments to NBC&#8217;s Chuck Todd during Sunday morning&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; — after which he dug in even further, going on to attack the credibility and legitimacy of the current court.
WATCH:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Democrat Senator Chris Murphy: &quot;There&#39;s gonna be a popular revolt&quot; if the Supreme Court finds &quot;universal background checks&quot; or assault weapons bans are unconstitutional <a href="https://t.co/1bBZDmFFsd">pic.twitter.com/1bBZDmFFsd</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1657805899556061192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Murphy referenced a 2022 Supreme Court decision — authored by Clarence Thomas in the 6-3 majority — that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-scotus-strikes-down-new-york-concealed-carry-restrictions-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">struck down</a> New York&#8217;s restrictions on concealed carry, along with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-strikes-down-law-requiring-people-to-be-21-to-buy-handguns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more recent decision</a> from Virginia District Court Judge Robert Payne. Payne ruled that a ban on gun sales for 18-20-year-olds would effectively impose restrictions on certain citizens that &#8220;do not exist with other constitutional guarantees.&#8221;
Complaining that the courts had often halted any progress toward stricter gun control measures by interfering in anything legislators were able to get done, Murphy said, &#8220;If the Supreme Court eventually says that states or the Congress can’t pass universal background checks or can’t take these assault weapons off the streets, I think there’s going to be a popular revolt over that policy.&#8221;
The Connecticut Senator then turned his attack on the Supreme Court directly, adding, &#8220;A court that’s already pretty illegitimate, is going to be in full crisis mode.&#8221; He went on to promise that legislators would continue to &#8220;regulate who owns weapons and what kind of weapons are owned&#8221; — with or without pushback from the courts.
&#8220;We broke a 30 year logjam last year by passing the first major gun safety initiative. You’re seeing Republican states like Tennessee looking at red flag laws, Texas considering raising the age to buy assault weapons. I think our movement is in a position to win,&#8221; he told Todd during Sunday&#8217;s broadcast.

DHS Secretary Mayorkas Testifies In Senate Hearing

Democrat Senator Says People Will ‘Revolt’ If Supreme Court Blocks Gun Control

Democrat Senator Chris Murphy Says People Will 'Revolt' If Supreme Court Blocks Gun Control

Courts

Gun Control

Gun Laws

Supreme Court

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) admitted that President Joe Biden has &#8220;probably not&#8221; secured the needed 60 votes to pass <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gun control</a> in the lame-duck session of Congress.
Appearing on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/11/27/chris-murphy-assault-weapons-ban-sotu-vpx.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">State of the Union</a>&#8221; Sunday, Murphy dashed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden</a>&#8216;s hopes to pass an assault weapons ban. However, Murphy did praise the sweeping gun bill passed earlier this year and claimed that banning assault weapons would lead to fewer mass shootings.
&#8220;I&#8217;m glad that President Biden is going to be pushing us to take a vote on an assault weapons ban,&#8221; Murphy said. &#8220;The House has already passed it. It&#8217;s sitting in front of the Senate. Does it have 60 votes in the Senate right now? Probably not. But let&#8217;s see if we can try to get that number as close to 60 as possible. If we don&#8217;t have the votes, then we will talk to Senator Schumer and maybe come back next year with maybe an additional senator and see if we can do better.&#8221;
&#8220;President Biden is right,&#8221; Murphy continued. &#8220;If we passed an assault weapons ban, we would see less mass shootings in this country. Yes, there are already tens of thousands of assault weapons on the street. Nobody&#8217;s talking about taking those weapons away from individuals. We&#8217;re just talking about stopping new sales.&#8221;
&#8220;But if you look at some of the most high-profile mass shootings in the last couple of years, many of those mass shooters bought the weapon just days before carrying out the crime,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And so, if those weapons were no longer commercially available, only in possession of those who had bought them previously, I think a lot of mass shootings would have been prevented.&#8221;
Biden told reporters Thursday that he planned to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-says-he-wants-congress-to-pass-gun-control-in-lame-duck-session" target="_blank" rel="noopener">push for an assault weapons ban</a> after two recent mass shootings left 11 people dead.
“I’m sick and tired of these shootings,” Biden said. “We should have much stricter gun laws.”
Biden then said he intended to pass a gun control bill during the lame-duck session if he could get the votes.
“I’m going to try,” Biden replied. “I’m going to try to get rid of assault weapons.”
“During the lame duck?” the reporter asked again.
“I’m going to do it whenever I — I got to make that assessment as I get in and start counting the votes.”

Top Senate Dem Admits Biden ‘Probably’ Doesn’t Have The Votes To Ram Through Gun Control In Lame-Duck Session

Top Senate Democrat Admits Biden Likely Doesn't Have The Votes To Ram Through Gun Control 

Assault Weapons

Mass Shooting

Senate

Menu