Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) issued a chilling warning for Democrats and the country as a whole during a May 13 appearance on MSNBC.
Murphy said he believes Democrats have to make the destruction of Democracy their top issue when taking on President Donald Trump.
“I believe there’s no guarantee that we are gonna have a free and fair election in 2026,” Murphy said. “I think he’s trying to rig our democracy, to destroy dissent, to cripple the political opposition, so that even if his approval ratings are in the 30s in the fall of next year, there isn’t the ability for his opposition to muster a real campaign.
“So, I think we have to act with tremendous urgency,” he added. “And we have to make the corruption and destruction of Democracy the number one issue. So, we’ve got this crypto regulation bill pending before Congress. The only way that we should pass that bill, the only way that we should move that bill forward, is if it unwinds Trump’s crypto corruption. That would be an example of Democrats saying, ‘We are not going to pretend this is business as usual. Unless you are helping us stop Trump’s corruption, and his attempt to destroy Democracy, then we are not moving legislation forward.’”
Murphy also took Trump to task for his current trek through the Middle East.
“Obviously, he’s going to these three countries for a simple reason,” Murphy said. “These are the three countries that are willing to pay him. Traditionally a president might go first to Canada, or to one of our European allies, but those countries aren’t willing to write Trump a check.
“These are the three countries that are willing to pay Donald Trump,” Murphy added. “And that is essentially what controls Donald Trump’s day. He spends most of his day either golfing or benefitting and profiting off of his office. So, that is the message you send to the rest of the world. If you want the United States to pay attention to you for the next 3 ½ – 4 years, you gotta pay me off. If you don’t, you gotta wait in the back of the line.”
Murphy said that is “the same thing that is happening domestically.”
“A big trucking company that operates in the United States just announced publicly that they were buying $20 million of Trump coin because that is how they understand they would get an exemption from the tariffs. So, the same message plays in the United States, if you pay Donald Trump off, you will get what you want. But if you are an ordinary American or just a mom-and-pop business that is getting hurt by the tariffs, you are going to get screwed because this is a pay-to-play White House.
“That’s true overseas and now it’s true here in the United States.”
—Brian Linder, pennlive.com (TNS)
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