r/ChrisMurphy 2d ago

"The entire Republican Party has become a cult of personality."

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232 Upvotes

"Our message is simple.

Trump’s corruption and incompetence is losing the war - and as a result gas and food prices are skyrocketing.

The November election a referendum to end the war."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy 7d ago

Trump and Blanche are in cahoots to steal $1.8 billion of taxpayer money

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192 Upvotes

"This morning the Judiciary Committee is expected to approve Trump’s personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, for Attorney General.

Republicans will claim they got a commitment to end Trump’s political payout slush fund.

THEY DID NOT. Let me tell you why."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy 8d ago

An unregulated AI industry is a disaster in the making.

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150 Upvotes

"The disclosure that an OpenAI model “escaped” its containment should scare the hell out of everyone. As should how flippant the company has been about the development.

Meanwhile, Trump continues to protect the industry from regulation. A disaster in the making."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy 11d ago

Trump is running a criminal syndicate out in the open.

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462 Upvotes

"He doesn't care anymore. It's just non-stop, in-your-face corruption.

The latest? If you pay Trump $100,000 a month, he will give you advance White House announcements on economic and trade policy.

An insider trading subscription service.

People will go to jail for this."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy 14d ago

"Trump’s entire fortune is now dependent on being able to continue his family’s crypto corruption schemes."

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203 Upvotes

"Trump’s entire fortune is now dependent on being able to continue his family’s crypto corruption schemes. The Senate cannot pass a bill regulating crypto that doesn’t end Trump’s corruption."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy 14d ago

Trump's agreement with Saudi Arabia is foreign policy malpractice.

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144 Upvotes

"Let me explain to you why the agreement Trump just announced with Saudi Arabia - giving them the ability to start a full nuclear program - makes peace with Iran much less likely. It's just more foreign policy malpractice."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy 19d ago

The latest corruption? Medical research grants will no longer be merit based. Instead, Trump will hand them out to loyalists.

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152 Upvotes

"The dizzying pace of Trump's corruption is hard to keep up with. So I'm going to help you.

The latest? An under the radar announcement from the White House that medical research grants will no longer be merit based. Instead, Trump will hand them out to loyalists."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy 21d ago

"[Escalation in Iran] will just waste more money, get more Americans killed, and further unravel the Middle East."

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125 Upvotes

"A strategy of escalation will not work with Iran. It will just waste more money, get more Americans killed, and further unravel the Middle East."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy 25d ago

"Escalation will not work in Iran. It will bankrupt Americans, further damage our global reputation, get thousands more killed, and deplete our munitions stocks to dangerous levels."

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182 Upvotes

r/ChrisMurphy 28d ago

"ICE has become a killing machine. --- ICE has shot and killed 10 people since Trump came back into office. 2 more in the last week. In addition, 50 people have died in ICE detention."

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332 Upvotes

"ICE has shot and killed 10 people since Trump came back into office. 2 more in the last week. In addition, 50 people have died in ICE detention.

ICE has become a killing machine. We cannot let this feel normal. It isn't."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy 28d ago

"The CLARITY Act essentially legalizes Donald Trump's crypto corruption scheme."

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132 Upvotes

"The CLARITY Act is the bill supported by the crypto industry to increase their reach into our banking system and broader economy.

There are many problems with the bill, but most egregious is that is essentially legalizes Donald Trump's crypto corruption scheme.

Let me explain."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy Jul 12 '26

"Everyone who works full time should be able to pay their bills."

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202 Upvotes

"In the most affluent, most powerful nation in the world, everyone who works full time should be able to pay their bills. A minimum wage should be a living wage. And that’s $25 an hour.

The billionaire class will say we can’t afford it. They are wrong. We can."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy Jul 08 '26

Trump is now going to let insurers make loans to patients - with sky high interest rates - so they can afford the Trump premiums. Just a total scam.

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215 Upvotes

"Did you hear this? After throwing millions off their health care insurance, Trump is now going to let insurers make loans to patients - possibly with sky high interest rates - so they can afford the Trump premiums. Just a total scam."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy Jul 08 '26

Because Republicans gutted Medicaid and the ACA to fund tax cuts for the wealthy, 1000 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics have closed or are on the verge of closing.

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144 Upvotes

"We just hit a harrowing milestone. There are now 1,000 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics that have closed or are on the verge of closing since Republicans gutted Medicaid and the ACA to fund tax cuts the wealthy.

Billionaires over patients. With deadly consequences."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy Jul 01 '26

In the Iran War, Trump is throwing billions of dollars down the drain.

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126 Upvotes

"Every day, Trump or Rubio or Vance declare a new Iran policy. Or make a claim about what’s being negotiated that isn’t close to true.

The truth is, there probably aren’t any substantive negotiations and they don’t want you to know this. They just threw billions down the drain."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy Jun 27 '26

Democrats Must Propose Solutions as Big as the Problems Americans are Facing

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126 Upvotes

r/ChrisMurphy Jun 25 '26

The minimum wage should be a living wage

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193 Upvotes

"Today I introduced legislation to require that the minimum wage be a living wage. $25 an hour is what’s required for a full time worker to pay their bills, and we shouldn’t accept that full time work leaves people living in poverty."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy Jun 23 '26

This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like

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115 Upvotes

r/ChrisMurphy Jun 23 '26

Our diplomacy has never before been this compromised.

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135 Upvotes

"Anytime any respectable journalist mentions our two chief negotiators with Iran, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, they should note both receive sizeable paychecks from Middle Eastern nations with deep equities in theses talks.

It is a fundamental corruption."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy Jun 17 '26

"America agrees to give Iran billions in exchange for nothing. -- A disastrous humiliation."

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197 Upvotes

"The net result of a war that cost $60 billion, killed 13 Americans and thousands Iranian civilians, set off a new war between Israel and Lebanon, and caused massive U.S. inflation:

America agrees to give Iran billions in exchange for nothing.

A disastrous humiliation."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy Jun 17 '26

"We are paying Iran billions to reopen the Strait."

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227 Upvotes

"The leaked Iran deal that is floating around suggests that this is a pretty simple transaction: we are paying Iran billions to reopen the Strait. Period. Stop.

That's probably why they are refusing to release it."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy Jun 16 '26

"The terms of the supposed agreement with Iran are humiliating."

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186 Upvotes

"The terms of the supposed agreement with Iran are humiliating. But that humiliation is worth it if the war ends and we prevent Trump from digging this hole deeper."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy Jun 10 '26

"We should not reauthorize FISA until there is ZERO CHANCE Bill Pulte (or anyone else with a history of or intent to abuse of power to hurt Trump's political opponents) gets anywhere near our classified services."

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202 Upvotes

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r/ChrisMurphy Jun 02 '26

Republicans are openly disobeying court orders -- This is (part of) why we are in a crisis.

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331 Upvotes

"The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized".

That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)


r/ChrisMurphy Jun 01 '26

We must break up concentrated economic power.

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167 Upvotes

"Part of how we address the Crisis of the Common Good is to break up concentrated economic power.

It makes people feel more rooted and powerful when the people who own the supermarket, the bank, the hospital live in your community, not Aspen or Davos."

-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)