Murphy: Kamala Harris ran a campaign asking people to defend democracy, when a lot of people looked at this version of democracy and said, if this is the version of democracy that you're defending, I don't want it. Democrats need to be for a version of democracy that’s clean and not corrupt
Yeah that’s not what happened. What a dick.
She literally said we can’t fix a broken system if we lose it to fascism…she wanted to fix it…had a plan to fix it…and most importantly, travelled the country to listen to the people she serves on how we need it fixed…he clearly has a case of “I can’t hear women.”
You can't fix a broken system without justice. Appeasement is treason. The reality is that Kamala had no possibility of winning because Biden guaranteed her loss with his treasonous complicity with the fascist coup before shooting Kamala in the foot by being a piece of corporate shit.
And who better to uphold justice than a fucking prosecutor (who has put away some of the worst drug and sex traffickers)? She wasn’t Biden. She is a fucking prosecutor with an economics degree…literally the perfect candidate…but men were like…nah, we’d rather die than have a lady president.
I voted for Kamala, but my registration is in a deeply blue state so it didn't help with the swing states. And thanks to the decades of republican election rigging, only the swing states matter. But she was still associated with the presidolt who failed to uphold justice.
Because of the way that she got nominated, she also got screwed, because while entirely legal, it was easy for the right wing to attack it. Biden royally fucked up by breaking his promise to not seek a second term.
The 2024 election was decided in 2021 when Merrick Garbage protected the traitor from justice because he is a fucking fascist.
You're the dumb piece of shit here. Go away, MAGA.
We need a government for the people, of the people & by the people. youtu.be/PW5BGwcse7M
Nazis think they are people too, and they seem to have dominated the electoral college.
even in retrospect.....voters would prefer not to vote then select the clearly better candidate bsky.app/profile/usap...
Translation: American voters are fucking morons.
Incredibly distressing to see that. 😢
Admitting that they should've voted for Harris would mean admitting they are complicit in what's happening now.
So, if democracy is corrupted, vote for the most corrupt, traitorous pedophile rapist you can find, or let them win. Totally rational response. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social maybe demand more agency from Amer. voters: Harris didn't just ask us to defend democracy, she offered a lot more than that.
Congratulations, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social I'm going to go from "deleting" @democrats.org fundraising emails and texts to "delete and unsubscribe" and "delete and mark as junk." You'll all want to win me back, @democrats.org and I'm not alone in that sentiment.
Actually, people voted for lower prices, after Trump promised to lower grocery prices. Tho most of them value Democracy, they didn't believe that Trump's 2nd Term would be much different than his 1st Term, & bc the "news" media sanewashed it, People didnt think it's a serious threat to Democracy.
Oh, fuck this bullshit. This guy was as mainstream as they come until he saw a different lane to run in. No Democrat running against the Democratic Party gets my vote in a primary.
Murphy is a repeat offender, too. Fuck this guy.
Same. I knew what he was after the election he was sending papers talking about the economy was the issue and that was a lie then and a lie now.
He’s gone full Sanders.
Not much of a Bernie fan, but he’s at least been running the same schtick for decades. Murphy suddenly finding out the Democratic Party is “corrupt” smacks of rank opportunism and nothing else.
I agree. At least Bernie is consistently that.
When I Googled to see if he ran in 2020, I saw that in June he was talking about how the Dems needed to go "full populist". He's definitely running in 2028 and it looks like he's taking early swings and those who would easily beat him in the primary.
Oh yes. Totally opportunist and inauthentic.
🙌 Same.
Absolutely agree.
"If this is the version of democracy that you're defending, I don't want it???" Dems are F- ing boy and girl scouts compared to the GOP and MAGA. WTF is Murphy's point? She lost by LESS THAN 2% Its misogyny and racism! This is for you, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social 🖕
Ask Sen Murphy how much Anti- MAGA legislation he’s brought to the floor in the last Decade. Zero is a hard reputation to praise.
I heard the reasons were ignorance, misogyny and racism, masked by BS comments like “I can’t trust her”, “She uses big words”, “She’s unqualified”.
Sen Murphy, my Senator when I lived in CT, is a star. While he looks like a Boy Scout, before the beard, he’s got the fire & energy to communicate across divisions.
'da fuck is he talking about? Also, it's always cute when they try to act like they're not a part of whatever it is they're decrying. I don't seem to recall a Chris Murphy table-flipping period...he's spent his entire career in politics or elected office. Hush, Chris.
Right? Like man Kamala is a private citizen and you're a whole ass senator. Get off your ass and get to work.
Followed.
I have no problem with Chris Murphy Crockett AOC Bernie etc that have been out there publicly nonstop. The only way you get rid of most corruption is reverse SCOTUS 2010 citizens united. No money no lobbyists for Congress. Emollient law needs to come back. Capitalism is killing us as well.
Idiot
Is he saying Harris represented and campaigned for a corrupt democracy?
Stupid. So we’ll all go with the aristocrats and Christian nationalism. FO
One word: LIAR!
USA’s version of democracy is run by Israel who gets dirt on USA Presidents, politicians & leaders to allow them to commit genocide and apartheid. Biden knew Bibi planned Oct 7th & said “hell ya” to USA/Israel Apartheid/Genocide. Then along came Pedophile Trump easily blackmailed by Netanyahu.
And a system that only gives a binary choice is not that version. The US needs more parties to represent more of the public.
This ain't it @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
Let’s face it, democracy is where differing sides come together with their list of “wants” and after civil discussion come away with what the country “needs”. It is called compromise, and we haven’t seen that in Congress since the day the Tea Party Republicans gained seats at the table.
WTF, he is so frustrating!
We should be selling freedom instead of
We already have enough clowns to fill the car, Chris.
Yes! Recess 2025 Town Halls! bsky.app/profile/opsa...
Running on saving democracy didn’t work. It’s always the economy, Chris.
FUCK. OFF.
Run on repeal of #CitizensUnited
Well other than Murphy is full of shit in this one
This is one, if not the biggest, examples.
If their preferred alternative to a "corrupt" democracy is Trumpism, then they have no idea what "corrupt" means. As always, fuck Chris Murphy.
He’s giving voters entirely too much credit. They are simply not this sophisticated with their voting choices/habits. Misinformed. Lazy. Entitled. Completely unable to comprehend that sometimes there really is a “lesser of two evils” choice to be made.
has he suffered recent head trauma?
Yeah, Murphy, you can FATWO with this bullshit.
or maybe the voting machines were rigged in the swing states.
It’s not democracy that needs to be “clean and not corrupt.” Democracy is an idea. It’s the greedy and power hungry social units within a democratic system that corrupt it. So if we want a better system, the way rational and humane actors define “better,” we need better participants in the system…
He wont because he cheated. Stand up for that.
This same mediocre white dude has emailed and texted me for donations about 20 times since the 2024 election. I honestly don't even understand what people who are complimentary of this absolute nonsense are even liking about it. I bet you not one of them could even explain.
He literally wants a donation every single time he makes a public statement. I'm not even kidding. Every time he literally does anything that's a semblance of doing his job he asks for money and I've always wondered why?
God I hate Trotskyites! Their smug purity has lost us democracy. Maybe for good.
WTF has gotten into this guy? Does he really think he has a chance to be President??
Right? Wtf is this? Disappointing. And honestly not helping bring the party together
Every vote for a third party is one fewer dem vote
Worse. It’s one more GOP vote.
NAILED IT🎯
Its pretty straightforward then... they need #DirectDemocracy
I need you people to come up with parameters of this new democracy
Murphy misses the point by a long shot.
How long have you been in the senate Mr. Murphy? What are you trying to say?
Literally just repeat citizens United and build more houses
Hey Chris- I was a regular donor to your campaign for years bc your work with sensible gun legislation. You spearheaded the first gun regs bill in 30 years. You trying to be all things to all ppl make you a fake and a fraud. If that’s what you want- keep it up. You demean yourself and Americans.
He’ll never get another dime outta me after this BS.
Hope they like what they got instead.
PERHAPS he's trying to explain what some Democrat voters have been riled up about::: That Harris was handed the position of nominee without winning a general primary election. Those voters feel that was corrupt.
So which person should have gotten the nom instead that had policies meaningfully different from Biden or Harris?
There wasn't enough time for another primary. There were 107 days til election when Biden pulled out of the race.
No shit, Sherlock.
Hey, somebody asked, and I answered.
Everyone already knows that's what he's referring to. Or rather, it was either that or the equally insipid "both sides are corrupt" or "muh third parties" type arguments. The part we can't figure out is why any Democratic politician is sitting here validating any of that garbage. He knows better.
A bunch of people advocated for a primary to see who would be president nominee. Wasn’t a bunch of time for that. But also I think Chris Murphy is saying how most people voted. If 100 mil sat out because they knew the system was broken, kind of a big deal to address.
1. We did get a primary, which Biden then won by people voting for him instead of the other people in the primary. Even in NH where he was not on the ballot, people wrote him in anyway. 2. I still want the name of this mythical other person you were hoping for instead to make this a practical want.
"If 100 mil sat out because they knew the system was broken, kind of a big deal to address." The actual correct way you address people sitting home and letting fascism win free and easy is by going "hey dumbasses, don't do that".
Don’t assume I wanted a mythical dem. I voted for Kamala. I’m just reiterating after Biden stepped down there was no primary. He endorsed Kamala. That was a source of contention with many Dems and so was Gaza. Many Dems continuously have been saying they don’t want status quo Dems. See Mamdani.
"I’m just reiterating after Biden stepped down there was no primary" Yeah, as. 1. A combined 100 day primary into general leadup would have been a nightmare. 2. As the inability of anyone to name their alternative shows, there's zero evidence this would have produced a useful change in candidate.
"Many Dems continuously have been saying they don’t want status quo Dems" So name the non-status quo person that would have been in the primary and voted for instead. If you can't name that person (and so far nobody I've asked has), then one was never going to arrive even if we had a primary.
At the time, I remember Shapiro and Newsom being floated around and it was pelosi who suggested some sort of primary. You’re asking me to name the non status quo dem everyone else would vote for and I personally don’t speak for those voters. Again, I voted for Harris.
"You’re asking me to name the non status quo dem everyone else would vote for" Correct. If you're floating the idea that not having a second primary was a uniquely damaging thing that would have produced a better result if we'd had one, you have to actually back up that statement with something.
I didn’t float the idea. THEY floated the idea. I am not saying any of those were viable candidates personally, but that was WHAT HAPPENED. I am in agreement their non status quo imaginary person doesn’t exist, but that doesn’t change what those Dems were thinking or how they voted.
Newsom, Jan Pritzker, Buttigieg, Andy Beshear, ??
I don’t know why you’re getting so defensive. We know it would have been a nightmare. That was one of the reasons it was shot down. But that pissed off some Dems which could have influenced their vote as evidenced by the numbers. That’s the truth whether you like it or not.
"I don’t know why you’re getting so defensive" Because this is a dumb dishonest narrative I'm tired of hearing about. "But that pissed off some Dems" Then they can either name the specific person they were hoping to vote for or they can step off and stop being idiot toddlers about it. Pick one.
Democrats are not obligated to do things just because some people want some fake superficial theater thing they apparently admit is fake superficial theater since they're literally unable to explain what meaningful difference it would have produced. Please get intelligent points I beg of people.
And when the fake superficial theater fails to miraculously stop fascism, those people will blame the Democrats for not doing it "right" somehow. The magic ritual failed? It can't be because the magic is fake? Your faith must not be strong enough!
Bullshit
Come on people, FOCUS. Remember, there are **millions** who oppose Trump, not just Democrats. We better figure out how to all get under the same umbrella AND FAST. #1 Don't fall for any divisive tactics between us. We can work on that stuff later. Divided we fall.
Oh so this guy is running to drop out of the 2028 primary after the 3rd primary?
Oh God, he grew the "I'm just like you regular guys" beard. 🙄 I guess when he's not defending incels he's bashing women. Wait. 🤔
He knows better since he spearheaded the gun bill. He KNOWS!
Just leave them over there, because if one thinks that having facial hair equates to manliness, then that is another conversation that needs to be worked out with a professional
Lololol. Did he really?
Kamala was and is not corrupt.
So Trump was better? Really?
I can not take this statement seriously. It must be out of context. Otherwise, my Senator would be calling for a new Minority Leader.
He can fuck off with his nonsense. Dems did not create this "corruption." Fuck him.
Nope
Comparing corruption to disappointments? Whose side are you on?
I'm old enough to remember when Chris was saying very similar things about defending democracy and working with his 'friends across the aisle' type crap so don't give me this bull that he's somehow the one to take this fight on. He's only saying this now to set up his presidential run.
We need a working-class anti-corruption party.
WTAF? Biden gave us a soft landing after COVID, he fixed what he had time to fix after Trump destroyed things, he got bills passed to help our infrastructure & help green energy. He should have stopped helping Israel but they are our allies FFS. He wasn't actively trying to kill people like Trump.
He’s telling us that he was part of the party that didn’t want Kamala to run.
Correct Crony Capitalism isn't what the democracies of the free world practice. We are the only one and it's so close to authoritarianism who gives a shit was what fueled voter apathy.
Who's gonna tell him about the DNC?
Let's not get lost in a word game.
She (allegedly) lost the election by less than 2% What was wrong was massive misinformation spread without pushback and DEMS HIDING IN CORNERS about Biden while VP Harris charged this Nation up like a 1st Gen Red Bull!
I read that also - that Harris lost the Popular Vote by less than 2%, but got destroyed by the Electoral College 312/266. Our Election processes favor the minority vote. That's why everything is shitty.
We would like a democrat that is not owned by ISRAEL. Get Israel and citizens united out of Congress.
He’s running
And LOSING.
100%
When you think you live in a democracy, but you have: - a 'winner takes it all', gerrymandered 2-party system - a constitution made up of biblical verses, in constant need of high priest intervention - political power legally on sale - a ridiculous Gini coefficient - unequal access to anything
how about “fuck the pedo nazis” chris how fucking hard is that
He’s so ridiculous
So well put. Absolutely
kamala.... she is status quo keep the corruption and Zionism going democrat Trump claimed he would not be that ,,,in fact he is even worse ..neither was fit for office why in a population as large as usa can no one find a not bought politician SEEMS THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN NO DONER POLITICS REQUIRED
More like people thought fat meat isn't greasy and didnt understand that fascism and corruption wasn't a joke. They gambled that Trump couldn't possible be worse than a milquetoast Dem and now folks are being shipped to South Sudan and being kidnapped off streets by masked, racist thugs. Whoops.
If only I had a meme that properly expressed the level of disappointment and disdain I feel for the duplicitous Sen. Murphy right now. Wait...I do!
what the hell is he saying? he damned well better not backstabbing Kamala
He is backstabbing VP
I don't see democracy flourishing in a country run by people like Chris Murphy. The very best I can say about them is that they're sincere white ethno-populists, as opposed to Trump, who's a fake white ethno-populist.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Chris Murphy is on that white herrenvolk populist BS.
yeah, Kamala and Joe should have followed their own advice
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Awesome. What might this corruption be?
Rich people give to their campaigns and it influences their legislation. Ever heard of Citizens United? Yes Dems take money from Super PACs funded by billionaires.
Dems didn't enact CU.
This is corruption?
Yes, donating money in exchange for a vote is corruption. Do you have a different definition?
Funding a campaign is now considered corruption?
A politician paying more attention to the needs of a billionaire donor than a constituent in poverty is now considered democracy?
The wealthy have always had more influence than the non-wealthy, always.
Well, we're now back to Gilded Age levels of income inequality. Robber baron type shit. Yes I blame Republicans more than Democrats for that, but Dems are not blameless. I thought everyone recognized that?
We were talking about corruption, yes? The fact that Dems have screwed up doesn't mean they're corrupt. You think the Gilded Age was bad, try living under a true Monarchy.
Those with power have always been in charge; this isn't new.
"You think your Ebola is bad? Try Super AIDS!!!" "Just accept that your voice is not as important as someone with who is rich" These are the arguments you're making right now. Well, we obviously have different world views, so agree to disagree I guess 🤷 ✌️
No, it's also not corruption either.
Blaming Harris is a bullish*t take. Her loss had nothing to do with her campaign. The media doomed her between Fox making up totally false narratives and the rest obsessed with putting microphones in front of clueless voters lamenting the price of eggs...
Thank you! So tired if hearing people say she should have ran on issues that affected people's lives - SHE DID. It seems that the GOP talking points even convinced some Dems she was running on something entirely different than what she actually was.
Totally agree
So true, scroll up!
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He didn’t say any of that. He didn’t say she lost because of her campaign. He said there are too many Americans who don’t believe in this current reiteration of democracy.
Read what I was replying to, it included more than the "democracy" topic. That's what I was addressing.
Then I’m not sure why you’re liking all the post saying exactly the opposite of what I said.
1. Again, was explaining what my post was about. 2. I have no idea what posts you believe are "exactly the opposite" of what you said that I supposedly "liked". Seriously haven't pd attention to who the comments, that are popping up on my notifications, are replying to. When I agree - I "like".
Those they chose the option that is even more corrupt and far, far more beholden to a handful of oligarchs? You think that makes any sense at all?
No, it doesn't. IMO, the MAGA base was locked in. What tipped the scales was the MSM and its relentless focus on inflation, added to other controversies they pushed... immigration, Gaza, Biden's mental acuity and alleged coverup. Ignorant voters: "things were better under Trump."
Exactly. The Democrats need to do something they seem absolutely loathe to do: call out the mainstream media for their pro-Republican lean. They are not your friend; in fact that have been as insidiously opposed to your party as the Republicans have been overtly so.
Absolutely spot on! I’ve been saying this for ages.
I’m not a fan of blaming Democrat “messaging” for their political failures; the Establishment writ large is largely arrayed against them. That said, I think this is one way to fight back effectively, and I think it would be very effective - lots of opportunities to go viral in the new ecosystem.
Definitely!
Your semi-literate interlocutor has 87k followers.
87k followers doesn't mean he's automatically right. The Fox News prime time lineup has upwards of 2 million viewers every night, and look how much BS they spew out into the world...
He’s barely coherent, difficult to tell if he’s “right“ about anything. 😑
In fact, it might be a klout pharming bot, rather than a real person. 🤔
Actually, he did blame her campaign, citing her defense of democracy. What he describes as the correct version of democracy to run on are the very things she ran on.
Actually, he didn’t blame her campaign. You’re an anarchist who doesn’t understand nuance or words.
"I don't have a LOT of critiques of Kamala Harris's campaign... BUT she ran a campaign asking people to stand up and defend democracy... " Then he goes on to say "we need to stand for a version of democracy that's clean and not corrupt." Harris never defended corruption - just the opposite.
He said she ran on defending the version of democracy (normal) in place under Biden. So they voted for Trump because they wanted his "version" (fascism) instead? Nah.
He was making a point. And she didn’t ever campaign on fixing the system. I won’t let anarchists tear down another good man.
I am in no way an anarchist. I like Chris Murphy, especially his work trying to rein in guns after Sandy Hook. Certainly not tearing him down. I claim his critique is without merit. What does he intend to do that she didn't address? What "fixing" of the system is he going to do that she wasn't?
Dude, he desperately wants to run in 2028. And he thinks he'll be able to do it by backstabbing. The MSM also oft repeated those talking points. Then again, he wants to run as a populist and not a progressive.
Curious how you would differentiate a populist from a progressive.
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Absolutely agree. Sexism and racism doomed this county and especially people WHO DIDNT VOTE!!!!
Uh that would be COUNTRY
Oh come on! She just admitted on Colbert she doesn’t want to run for anything now because ‘the system’ is broken. The two party ‘system’ of which she was the second highest elected official in the nation! Did it just become corrupt since January?
Since November 5. We were offered the choice: 1) Return to normal. Rule of Law. Judicial norms. Sane policies. Governing for all. 2) Crazy. Pardons for criminals, Taxes disguised as tariffs, Incompetents appointed throughout. We chose poorly. It wasn't broken until we broke it. 1/2
What's broken is our society, when we're offered a choice between a normal, sane, responsible person and an obviously stupid, corrupt criminal, and we screw up the choice. Is that the fault of 'the system'? The system hasn't failed us, we've failed the system. 2/2
That’s your opinion of what normal, sane and responsible look like. Sane people don’t look at a lunatic and his fascist corporate broligharchs and say, ‘Yeah. We can pass off this ill, rapidly declining old man as a suitable candidate for the next four years.’ Responsible people don’t wait
Two years to begin prosecuting an obviously corrupt man openly committing innumerable crimes. Responsible people don’t campaign on fixing serious real problems like wage stagnation and debt, fail to fix either one and then pretend everything is fine. You were content. Most people weren’t. Fix that.
I fail to follow the twisted logic. Indictments were brought in plenty of time to try Trump. Nobody anticipated the corrupt SCOTUS Six would hand him a get-out-of-jail-free card. Had they not done that, he'd be in jail now. But because people weren't content with that, they voted for him instead?
Some people are really afraid to blame the voters for anything
Feel free. Democrats have been blaming their voters for three election cycles now. How’s that working for them? The only things dumber than Trump are people who repeatedly lose to Trump. Even now all they do is whine and point fingers at the people they claim to want votes from. Well done.
lol what are you talking about?
Nonsense. Everyone knew the SCOTUS was corrupt. Yet another thing Biden with both houses should have fixed and never even addressed. When the View asked Harris what she would do differently she might have mentioned the corrupt system that concerns her so now.
Biden never had a true majority in the Senate, with two defectors - Manchin & Sinema - who couldn't be counted on. To impeach a Justice, you need ⅔ of the Senate to convict. Was the system only broken in January? Absolutely. By voting in unprecedented corruption. Compare cabinets before & after.
Blah, blah, procedural excuse, meany Manchin, I’m so very tired of the Democrats flailing because they don’t actually want to do what voters have elected them to do. If they ever win again they could try fulfilling campaign promises as ruthlessly as Trump has. Maybe they’d hold onto power for awhile
"Most people" chose this... I have no idea what you think you will do to "fix that." Seriously... What?
Corruption is an industry- it involves financial players, congressional players and unethical horrible souls. It’s a real “choice” to participate in it or not for countries- It is the worst of humanity and the bottom of existence. I choose integrity
It seems like the democratic establishment have a long way to go before they agree with that.
No politician should feel like their seat is safe, be it primary or general election.
BURN IT ALL DOWN. There is no going back to the old rules when this is all over.
So, they allowed fascism instead 🤦♀️
For real…
She refused to stop the funding of Gaza genocide. Dems won’t get far if they’ll continue the support of Israel and if they keep their ties witj AIPAC.
That will take a lot of reform. The corruption runs deep. Very deep. The elites still rule. Now we have the most corrupt ones in office. Wait until those still supporting the fat orange turd get affected by his greed and hate. He is coming for them too and they have no idea.
Maybe some truth. I think it's more like the bro culture convinced a whole lot of immature young men masaginy is a good thing. Look at the Tate brothers following.
You guys cannot talk corruption and be wearing the outfits polls say work. Jasmine go back to your bright colors and amazing style. Chris you look FAT and out of shape in a rolled up sleeves dirty looking white shirt. Wear navy blue. And don't slick down your hair DON'T SIT DOWN!!!
Harris was part of an administration that was actively enabling a genocide. And an administration is up to their eyeballs and donations from the billionaire class, which is who they serve. That’s not a version of democracy that’s a fascist oligarchy.
This is an absolute lie, and you are both a moron and a genocide enabler if you keep saying it. Liars like you gobble up fascist propaganda about Democrats and then help elect Trump & the GOP. You might as well be a member of Likud, so congrats on the genocide morons like *you* caused.
Compare that to Trump’s presidency. Your beef should be with Netanyahu and Hamas. Those bombs were to protect Israel and Netanyahu misused them on innocent civilians and Hamas is hiding behind innocents too. It’s all a mess and you probably didn’t vote at all or voted 3rd party and Trump won 😡
How should our beef be with Netanyahu and Hamas of it’s MY government which is sending zillions of dollar to Israel to kill the Palestinians. We need to elect those who will stop the madness. Simple.
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You’re saying exactly what i Netanyahu says. Israel is not protecting itself. They’re committing a fucking genocide. And they’ve been committing acts of terror since they’re inception as a nation.
And they are grateful to you for your help.
And thanks for Bibi’s friend the genodical fascist, they’ve been let loose. Too bad you all decided you’d rather punish the black lady who didn’t submit to your demands.
Try to understand that if the genocide convention were applied, she would be on trial at the Hague
Try to understand that you and your little friends unleashed Bibi’s genocidal fascist boo upon the world because a black woman hurt your feelings.
You’re being ridiculous. My feelings aren’t hurt at all. This is a stupid as fucking comment. I’ve had all day you’re dismissed.
Why would your feelings be hurt? You sold your soul to the devil so you could punish an uppity woman and you didn’t care that your actions would harm marginalized people in Palestine and worldwide. You got what you wanted.
This is a ridiculous position. The topic that we’re discussing has nothing to do with punishing Harris that’s a fantasy. The topic we’re discussing is genocide and the support of genocide which she was a part of an administration that was doing just that. All your smoke and mirrors won’t change that
You can sit and talk about genocide all you will but until you acknowledge that some leftist activists colonized a cause in order to play games with the election, we will never stop genocide. In fact, it’s worse now.
But go in, keep yapping on about Kamala and her two state solution and cease fire while Trump draws up plans for his Trump Hotel Gaza. Which his special little friend Bibi, who supported him in this previous election, is setting up for him. Good job.
Tax the rich.
Trying to parse this. With what's currently happening down there he's accusing the Dems of supporting corruption? Like, WTF? Watching in horror from Canada
@democrats.org are in fighting and have found the target to blame instead of looking inwards. Very gross but not surprising.
Chris Murphy went bonkers last summer.. for some reason he thinks lying about he his Democratic colleagues makes him look cool.
He and Newsom are basically signing onto Do Something America versus instead intelligently putting the blame solely on Republicans the way Crockett's been. Likely because they both want to run for president, and because America sucks, shitting on fellow Dems plays better than going after Repubs.
The very, very last thing you guys need is those on the left undermining each other. You've got a cabal of lunatics wielding powers never intended by yr constitution and getting away with it. So far it seems nobody is standing up to them. A united front is needed. Just my opinion from next door
We’ve got a lot of Democratic leaders standing up, taking legal action — doing everything in their power to stop Republicans. Most all of them are united— but there are noisy few (like Murphy) who echo MAGA’s talking points about Democrats. Thank goodness there’s just a handful of them—
Yes, both parties take campaign donations from super rich people and organizations which influences their legislation. Is this news to you?
Accepting $ from rich people is fine with me if the recipient isn't using it to blatantly buy the judiciary, obliterate basic human rights, demonize "others", lower standards of living and life itself like the current regime is doing. Money is grease. What wheel do you want turning smoothly?
Big money corrupting the system is why we don't have universal healthcare, our prescription drugs cost 10x more than other countries, and are complicit in the starvation of hundreds of thousands of people. A billionaire should not have a bigger voice than others, that is anti-democratic.
THIS is what I’ve been waiting to hear from the D party! Bernie has been the only one saying the truth all of this time while the rest of them ignored it. Get the corporations OUT of our politics! Public service should be a humble job for the people, not to line pockets!
Bernie is rich and has pockets just as lined as anyone else does, BTW.
Why??? The folks who voted against her voted FOR corruption and they knew it!
I think he's talking about the people who didn't vote for anyone.
Because these people always want to blame Democrats for not unilaterally stopping Republican cruelty and excess
Which party gets more AIPAC funding? The DNC since 1990 had over half of AIPAC's donations there. So, let's be perfectly clear the US is supporting genocide in no small part because of the people you're defending. Save the bullshit for someone else. Is genocide better than pedophilia?
DNC is the wrong term I meant Democrats, and no this doesn't mean all Democrats are but still a lot are. Which means we need to demand better candidates
No, they're both gross and those that commit/vote for it deserve the guillotine
I think your dislike of republicans is clouding your judgement, you might find it hard to believe but most of them have been taught by Fox to believe democrats are corrupt e.g. Nancy Pelosi and her share deals.
Exactly. It is wild for him to say something like that.
Yeh when are any of them going to reckon with the fact that an old white guy was pushed aside due to one bad debate ..yet another old white guy won? I don’t think corruption was the issue ..racism and misogyny truly was…
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social Senator Murphy, take a minute and read the comments. You usually are on the mark, but this statement you made is divisive and distracting. Kamala had her act together but the timing was off and too many Dem leaders screwed Biden, the ONLY human to beat Trump the mafia boss
People voted against genocide. By not voting for Harris.
Nope, I voted against genocide. idgaf what you think or feel. Don't fucking support a country thats commiting genocide and don't accept their money. Fuck voting because of some perceived evil when the party you voted for is ok with genocide save me the theatrics and pity party.
Supporting genocide is no better than supporting a pedophile and I said what the fuck I said they are both disgusting and they both deserve scrutiny and a guillotine gtfoh with this bullshit
He's either mad because 1) he didn't want Joe to drop out and irrationally blames her or 2) he had some other candidate. Possibly himself. And there's this. 'We've got to become an aggressively populist party'. When the Dems need to be Progressive, he wants to out-populist Trump.
Like this? That people voted FOR? bsky.app/profile/rbre...
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills
Murphy thinks the country that elected trump votes against corruption This is the dumbest thing I've read today
So why did so many Dems stay home and not vote? Because they were fed up with Biden and the Democratic brand. Biden was Harris’s biggest problem. He put her in a deep hole.
Because the candidate was a black woman
It spent far more time listening to Right Wing talking points than her actual campaign. They were always claiming he would "drain the swamp" even though is a native swamp dweller.
He’s really desperate. He will never be President.
Start with kicking Pelosi the heck out
Can we stop listening to this bloviating windbag from Connecticut? This dude serves up constant L takes that only seem to ever shit on his own party.
I like how he overlooks Biden who actually came up w/ that message. I know a lot of people like Chris Murphy. I don't. Never have. He's about as status quo as it gets.
white male disses Black female. news at 11.
It kinda feels at least to me that they have no fucking clue why they lost and they want to just blame Trump and fox news instead of looking inward. Trump bad isn't a good campaign
Chris Murphy 👏👏👏 also I will never forget Michelle Obama's speech at the convention as well.
Those voters elected the Republicans who obstructed even good thing the Democrats have tried to do & THEN they whine about this democracy not working?! 🙄
Thank you!!!!!!!
The GOP had a pact during the Obama administration, to block, shelve or kill anything Obama tried to do. Even as he still got a lot of it done, relatively speaking.
Biden got a lot done too, but he had 2 people in his OWN party (Manchin & Sinema) joining the Republicans in blocking him.
Unnecessary dig at Kamala Harris. He did this shit during her campaign. This right here is why she lost the election.. Dems were too busy taking shots
If she won he wouldn't be able to run in 2028.
His ass is not winning in 2028 so he didn't even need to bother. If Harris decides to run she still will be the frontrunner in 2028.
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*Stealing!*
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My favorite meme 🤣
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Letting racisms and misogynoir off the hook cuz you’re thirsty for 2028 and a happy marriage is some weird shit but ok I guess.
I don’t understand him. Sometimes he says stuff I’m totally on board with and then he goes and does….this
White supremacy is a hell of a drug
He’s always been a trash bag to me since it was looking like this country might actually look like it says it does.
Yeah. My fellow whites can NOT let go of their participation in white supremacy.
Is he saying Harris was corrupt???
he can kiss my entire fat ass
AMEN
It's a bold choice to fight corruption in democracy by coddling voters for choosing an utterly corrupt, boorish, inveterate felon rapist over a far more qualified, capable woman...twice.
When will this bloviating numpty stfu
Well said, now do something.
So Kamala’s “democracy” was corrupt & not worth voting for but Trump’s version was? Absurd. They voted for the hate. Hate of immigrants, lgbtq, of people with brains & empathy. Their hatred makes them unhappy shits who take it out on the rest of us. Like Trump they are never ever responsible.
It is not Harris’s fault. The Democratic Party brand is in the toilet.
They did it to themselves. Mainly focusing the interests of their big donors, party insiders and establishment while ignoring the struggles of the average working class citizens. It allowed bad actors to sweep in with an appealing message based on misinformation.
So many Dems want to blame the voters and ignore the fact that a political party, as you point out, has to stand for something that matters to ordinary voters. The Dems still are unable to succinctly state what they stand for and work that into messaging and policy proposals.
It's also hard to show average working voters that you support them when you are taking money from big corporations trying to pinch every penny out of people, while paying them less and less.
Respectfully, I think this position kinda falls apart when the alternative the people chose is objectively worse in every respect that you mention. It may simply be a problem of people not actually knowing what they’re voting for
I agree that one side is objectively worse, but the "good" seem to have energy for their corporate backers and their shareholders profits. Life is getting harder and more expensive for everyone else, regardless of who is in power. I can't blame people for rejecting both. I wouldn't, but I get it.
The majority of white voters vote Rethuglikkkan every election since the 1960s. They know exactly what they're voting for.
While that’s true, the cost of running campaigns has skyrocketed thanks to Citizens United and dark money. A dilemma, but Dems better figure it out.
It's a big puzzle for sure. Not every Dem can, but many should try and take a more grass-roots, community-organizing based approach. Be seen helping people in their day to day lives. Help workers fight for rights and protections on the ground. Not everyone can, but it needs to a main factor.
That is a must. But the party itself, its nominees and leadership, are going to have to come up with a strategy and policies that doesn't alienate voters and hand the next election to the Republicans. The road to victory is more uphill than ever with the roadblocks the Republicans are putting in.
The majority of white voters regularly fuck over this country by voting Rethuglikkan every election since the 1960s.
I think his argument is that neither party presented a version of democracy worth fighting for, and that some people would rather not vote than support either one. Many of us can be pragmatic, and support what is in our own best interest, but that doesn't excuse the Democrats for their huge flaws.
I think most people don’t vote because it isn’t as exciting as watching a tik tok video. My father fought in ww2 yet “we” cannot even muster an effort to get off the couch and take part in anything in the real world. If you don’t like it, perhaps DO SOMETHING.
www.politifact.com/article/2024... This is what Kamala Harris campaigned on. What about this says I’m for corporations & not the working class? She was absolutely focused on helping working people. In her limited time she talked endlessly about her goals, perhaps you were not paying attention?
Racism and sexism are too prevalent in this country.
Murphy dug his own hole. He'll have to dig himself out. And he's going to have to do a ton of bonus penance...
Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrr hear me out!!!! MISOGYNY. Y’all like to speculate it was this or that and look for any complex reason or answer except for the obvious one: there are A LOT of small minded people in this country.
How dare you. Is this a direct quote ? I need context.
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social We need to NOT bring a knife to a gunfight!!! It always will be corrupt (on both sides) until we get the money out of politics! But we have to get back in control before we can actually change anything. Heaven help us if we DON'T do a flipping thing if we get so lucky.
… whut?
Bullshit! We have to fight FIRE WITH 🔥
Oh you mean like more MALE and less of that pesky WOKE stuff?
Don't be naïve, people. We can't fix anything until we get power. We won't get power by playing like a gentle grandma. Fight fire with fire now to get power, then fix and clean up democracy.
all these keyboard warriors n the comments reading one sentence with zero context and going AWOL lmao. this is literally what happened. this is why *all* democrats need to do better and stand tf up
Fucking NOPE
Thank you @chrismurphyct.bsky.social !!! REFORM the systems and institutions is the message for Democrats going forward! 👏🏼💙😃
Universal healthcare Paid leave Voting rights Choice
Kamala Harris WAS/IS clean and not corrupt.
I just came back to reiterate, Fuck You, Senator Murphy. 👋
Go fuck yourself, Senator Murphy. Look what you all bought instead. It was obvious it was going to be a shit show. American voters are Fucking Morons.
He is amazing
Senator Murphy: start with Chuck and then come back with your social media posting
What version of democracy was that? The one that protected women's rights? The one that worked toward solutions for climate change? The one that didn't turn on our allies? The one that protected Social Security and Medicare? Whew! Good thing we don't have any of that anymore.
those are all worthy issues. unfortunately none of them are what mainstream democrats care about. instead we got Harris trotting Liz fucking Cheney around during the election and bitching about immigrants etc. Now we have Rahm claiming support for trans folks cost dems the election. Garbage.
Mainstream democrats don't care about abortion rights? They don't care about climate change? None of it?
All of that is secondary to their corporate donors. It’s been slowly getting that way for the last 2 decades.
The 43%ers should start blaming themselves - no ? @chrismurphyct.bsky.social Seriously - Fucking White Men start blaming your fucking selves .. Pathetic
They had their hands on the Epstein files for how long? He had boxes of documents in his bathroom. He led an insurrection. Now he is president. Democrats allowed this to happen. I'm not sure how we move forward while holding on to democracy.
Murphy can go milk his prostate with one of those South Pacific blowfish with toxic spines, quite frankly.
And you know, any form of democracy, no matter how flawed you may think it is, is so much better than the authoritarian Fascist regime we have now. Some people, aka Murphy, are too FUCKING STUPID to understand this simple fact.
Whatever, Chris. Like he wasn't a part of the problem. He needs to keep VP Harris’ name out his mouth.
Mr WVA can stfu. This performance bs is out of control.
He acts like he's from WVA
Like Bernie he goes where it’s ⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️
Earth is burning The jet set is set on destruction The future will ask why we had frequent flier miles .. 6 billion people never fly
Those people are still pathetic idiots, "unscathed idiots" who think they will somehow end unharmed by the end of the democracy. But, yeah, as long as the visuals of voting are kept in an autocracy, there is still a need to appeal to those of them who are not completely suicidal.
Stop banging in the dems! We’re up against total corruption! Under assault for what? How about being focused and pissed the the magats are rolling right over democracy! Stop eating your own! Trump is the enemy! They lie, cheat, steal with impunity. Use propaganda to prop up a pedophile with dementia
Yup. This is 100% on the right track
If it's a progressive candidate that can't win the moderately conservative swing states... it will be another L. That's IF there are 2028 elections.
The "moderately conservative" swing voter doesn't exist and it's time to stop catering to this fake group. The democrats have constantly moved to the right and punch left and lose every time. Maybe appeal to and broaden the base they already have.
The resist libs offer more criticism of Mamdani than Trump.
Not quite but I agree they should embrace him as a mayor. Embrace and include progressives at all levels other than the White House, for now. When progressives win more Senate, House seats, Governorships, state congress's then maybe we have a shot at POTUS. Not before.
Had Walz been the head of the ticket I am convinced we win that election. IMO not a Harris, DNC, moderate/progressive or Dem/Lib problem... its an America problem. The country is FULLLLLLL of racism, misogyny, bigotry and HATE. Sad, disappointing and true.
Not true, Not fake at all. Im all for more progressive at the state, gov, congress levels but they wont win a POTUS as long as there is an electoral college. First woman candidate L, First black woman candidate L, neither moderate candidates and the swing states rejected them both.
People don't like this version of democracy so they chose fascism. While the Democrats do need to be better, it looks that the primary problem lies with voters.
Blaming voters for the outcome of the last election is the surest way to lose the next election. The electorate is a given. It is the party’s and the campaign’s job to break through. “Oh woe is us Fox News is mean” is not an effective strategy. Dems need to figure it out, now.
Democracy can only survive if voters take responsibility to make an informed decisions. Despite any Democratic shortcomings & all Fox/GOP disinformation there was plenty information available both in 16 & 24. The outcome is not on Clinton/Biden/Harris. It's on voters. Voters do have agency.
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The majority of white voters need to do better since the majority of them voted for the felon rapist pedophile in 2016, 2020 and 2024.
Many in this comment section are failing to see the election in any other terms than their own. Yes, large swaths of the country are fucking struggling and desperate for change, and Trump projected himself as a change agent. Dems need to do the same, but for GOOD change of our corrupt system.
You seem rather behind on information, buddy. I got troves, and Dems have been fighting for improving the quality of life for Middle Class Americans and folks who are struggling. They have communicated it this year ABUNDANTLY and during Harris's campaign. www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/20...
Wait a minute, I get why so many people are upset over Murphy saying what is said 10,000 times a day on this site. Y'all think he was digging specifically at Biden/Harris admin. for a particular way they did things 🙃? Nah it's just standard critique of our PAC dominated campaign finance system 🙂
Bullshit. We are here because white nationalism is on the rise and America is a racist country. We will not get out of this shit until white Americans look in the mirror. www.politico.eu/article/mapp...
This. VP Harris had dozens of excellent policy proposals that would have built on the great changes Biden passed. If people were truly concerned about change, Harris was the vote. We're here because too many chose white nationalism.
I’ve been a fan of Chris Murphy, but this statement is absolute unadulterated bullshit.
I take issue with this. I don’t believe Democracy was “rigged” under the Biden/Harris administration at all. Sorry. This doesn’t make me react with anything but anger that he would say such a statement.
So they voted for the 34 count criminal felon that was found liable for rape and $350 mil fraud…plus throw in stealing top secret docs and inciting an insurrection…WTF???
We want re-districting done for NJ and CA. Eye for an eye!!!
So write a law banning insider trading by Congress? Maybe Democrats just salty trump is so much better at it than them.
Fk you @chrismurphyct.bsky.social - you’ll never be President so don’t even try
“Rigged!” The battle cry of white male grievance!
This is spot on. For everyone whining about stupidity and sexism and racism and Elon Musk’s satellite rigging…it’s the corruption. Say it with me now, ‘It’s the corruption!’
That's a terrible take.
I’ll be glad when he works through his midlife crisis.
Could he just do this privately like everyone else does? MVP was his esteemed colleague. He can f all the way off. WOMEN ARE TIRED!!!
He’s a mediocre white man in America, for some reason we all have to pay for his midlife crisis
Not happening. At all. Hey white men: WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW THE FUVK UP FOR WOMEN?!! F YOU.
Never. They spend the first 35-40 yrs being treated like helpless little boys, 40-60 acting like they’re regaining their lost youth, & 60-death hating everyone for making them be adults. Their entire lives are self centered, there’s no time to consider anyone else
PERFECTION! Hang it in the Louvre.
“I don’t like how the chicken is cooked, so I’ll just have the bowl of shit with bits of broken glass” I think this is a paraphrase of a quote from David Sedaris.
I cannot fault Chris for his constituent work. He really stands up for us, in person and in Congress. But this is some mendacious bullshit. Every now and then he says something I not only can't get behind, but that sends me into a towering rage, and this is one of those times. He'll hear from me.
YES! For Chris, flip flops are not just summer footwear.
🤣 That's true too.
I agree. He's usually good, but then has a few of these weird extreme positions. I wonder if he's planning to run for Prez and has hired consultants who tell him to say these things.
It's not extreme. He wants the Dems to go "full populist". The problem is populism is often anti-progressive. "Family values", nativism, isolationism, protectionism, anti-intellectual. Though I wonder how he's going to reconcile being anti-banker and anti-Wall St with his need to fundraise.
It's extreme to attack the previous Dem Presidential candidate as supporting some kind of rigged system.
Not for a populist. The point is to attack those who's ran before, call them part of the same system. You know, like MAGA did, blaming everything on "The Uniparty". I've seen people use the term "Blue MAGA" but I think Murphy wants that to be a reality. He thinks he's the White Man for the job.
Yeah… that’s extreme.
Not a doubt in my mind he's planning to run, but I don't think that's why this. He's always had a bee in his bonnet about a few things we can't realistically do without sizable majorities in both houses, and in most of the states as well. What bothers me is the implication toward MVP Harris.
Maybe he thinks blaming a woman is an easy way to drum up votes? Especially if you want to be a populist and not a progressive.
I suspect he thinks she's an easy target. If so, he is not correct about that. I don't expect an answer to the complaint, but if I get one I'll come back to this thread.
I love that he walks across CT. When he starts talking about WVA? He’s lost me. It’s fauxbromaga horseshoe bs. I love his passion on sensible gun regs but since he hired that Bernie bro, I haven given him a dime.
*haven’t
Who is the Bernie bro?
Last I knew it was his campaign mgr. He’s prolly banging her since he left his wife. This dude is an entire mess.
Wait what
Let me check. All I know is he hired a Bernie bro then went WVA. YOU CANT MAKE THIS STUFF UP.
I can’t find anything. Very weird.
Thank you
Give him a piece of my mind too.
You bet! 📝
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Him throwing VP Harris under the bus to try to prop himself up as an alternative is an absolute dealbreaker for me. If he runs for president I will enjoy voting against him in the primary.
It's time for the pendulum to swing the other way, which is what happened after the robber baron era. Elizabeth Warren and AOC could lead the way.
The Purity police are how we got here
Harris ran a campaign where she was destined to lose because America is a very racist and misogynistic country. As smart and capable as she is, she had to battle the white man and his fear of losing his status at the top of the food chain.
She lost because she was associated with Biden. With that pile of shit dragging her down she never had a chance.
Biden had the worst marketing of any POTUS since Hoover.
Precisely my thoughts
🎯This.
Or maybe she lost because she ran on a campaign of "the other guy is worse"
Oh, was he? Was he worse?
You don't win campaigns by saying your opponent is worse and not elaborating on why you're better
You don't win campaigns with voters as willfully stupid as you, you mean, and you still didn't answer if he was worse.
And there is some truth to that.
Yeah, because the other guy is the worst person in the world. Says something bad about us that we made him leader.
I didn't vote for him
Did I say you did?
You said "we" made him out leader; only about a third of eligible voters voted for him
Yes we did. Not enough people voted for Harris to stop him. Did you vote for her?
I did.
So I guess the campaign of the other guy is worse worked on you after all
There's truth that stupid A-holes believed that because of vibes, but here is what she actually ran on.
Maybe some of this information should've been in her campaign ads instead of just on her website
You'd really think you'd have more time to parse what was on TV with everyone else chewing your food and wiping your ass for you, since I'm sure you have great difficulty with those tasks if your brain can't even process sight and sound. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6bv...
Being a woman and black, she never had a chance no matter how intelligent and capable she was. The white man always has the advantage, unfortunately. Instead, we have a dummy for a president.
The majority of white women voter voted for this too.
I voted for Kamala; I felt so let down when she "lost". Cannot understand how Any woman could vote for that imbecile Trump.🤔😳
The majority of white women voters didn't vote for Hillary Clinton either and voted for Dump in 2016,2020 and 2024.
Most white women in America are just as incensed as their awful white men in their lives that have a grievance towards the people trump hates. It really is that simple. When some of them started wearing t shirts saying “he can grab my pussy”, the game was over
Those same people, even some who are supposed to be allies, are wallowing in whiteness.
They are.😮💨
Not only that but her campaign strategists wanted her to "reach out" to whites. Liberal Whites? Centrist Whites? No the very Right Wing Whites that would have never voted (versus the ones who might not vote for her) for her even though they were theoretically anti-Trump.
Not whites, right wing subhuman garbage. Her campaign focused on the only demographic that would never vote for anyone but a repugnant instead of on her base, which is everyone else. If Kamala was intelligent, she would have told Carville to go fuck himself and replaced him.
Excuse me. Harris is intelligent, and she didn't focus on voters that she could not get. Did you pay attention, or did you get this from some group parroting nonsense? Anyways, if you actually listened to her rally speeches and her DNC speech or her seen her list to do, you wouldn't be here.
Bullshit. She focused her campaign on the same blithering idiots that the imbecile Carville always focuses on: THE MINORITY. Relying on the blithering idiot Carville is planning to fail. Biden's approval rating was abysmal, though far higher than he deserved.
Kamala tied herself to Biden, who was largely despised because he was being the same worthless sack of shit that he's always been: bipartisanshit man opposed to justice and owned by the oligarchs.
She would do great during the speeches. Then her staff would convince her to sit down and talk with the likes of Liz Cheney and others. And it's all you would hear from the media for weeks.
They proved that they are anti-intelligent too.😒
I have no use for people who fatalistically declare that elections can’t be won because of racism and sexism. Democrats controlled the House, the White House, and had a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate in 2009. But now it is impossible to beat a rapist felon? GTFO.
Everyday I think of how different things would be if Harris was POTUS. No, she wasn’t perfect but could run circles around this assclown. Right now a pulse with a soul sounds pretty damn good.
I always think the same. Kamala was so capable, intelligent, and she would have made this country greater. She is a True patriot and loved our country. This dip-sh*t really hates our country to destroy it like he has.😟😮💨
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With "Citizens United" not repealed...this can't happen.
He is right. If we allow the oligarchy to control our politics we are not really in a democracy. It isn't a purity test if you require the candidate to not take money from enemy, the oligarchy. It is suicide if we keep voting people in that do.
....like we're going to have fair elections again. The people who did this are so oblivious to who they were and ARE up against that they don't even know what they opted out of. Democracy itself.
We'll zee
Yaaaas!
Murphy is full of shit. If you think Republicans are better, you’re definitely off your fucking meds.
Yeah, so they decided to go for a fascist dictatorship instead. Perhaps they don’t have very good judgment then?
a big issue is that a lot of folx, beyond the complacent non- voters, want to hurt others, SO MUCH, that they are willing to vote against their own survival. It's amazing propaganda that got these horrific results (racism, sexism, xenophobia notwithstanding)
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What’s he talking about? America chose the most corrupt form of democracy. What they rejected was the clean democracy. You don’t have to be corrupt but you have to stand and fight for your principles and sometimes you have to get a little dirty. They want fighters not just auditors. They want action
There's literally no version of democracy that is clean or not corrupt. Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I get what he's trying to say but this really legitimizes a lot of the bullshit purity politics that's poisoned the political left in the US. Yes, Democrats need to fight and be "clean" w/ever the fuck that means. But voters gotta learn compromise, too. Yes, even (perhaps especially) you.
And he’s been in office since 2913 So what has he done to create a democracy to be proud of? His comment is classic word salad Meaningless bullshit
He pretty much called her a DEI hire and used gross Reagan era antiblack bs that I haven't heard in years, within days of the election so this is not shocking.
This twit just keeps on showing himself.
