Chris Murphy killed it this morning on MTP

[senseandsensibility]

He said that what binds ALL Democrats together now, INCLUDING THE PROGRESSIVES IN NY, is standing up to the threat to our democracy.

"Right now the biggest threat to this country are not a handful of House candidates in New York, it is the president of the United States who is trying to destroy American democracy"

Murphy is an expect at reframing stale questions to highlight what is really important and what needs to be talked about. He always refuses to accept the corporate media's narrative. And he has been doing this since the very beginning of trump's second term when many Ds were cowering.

Other Dems could learn a lot from him IMO.

[3catwoman3]

1. Reading too fast, I thought this said that Senator Murphy had been killed.

So glad to be wrong!

[senseandsensibility]

3. Me too

I misread OP titles on DU a lot myself. Usually my version is really scary and negative like yours was. Don't know what that's all about since it doesn't happen to me elsewhere.

[electric_blue68]

23. Maybe bc we often post about scary stuff?.....

It's "in the atmosphere", so to speak.

[senseandsensibility]

24. You might be right

Scanning DU can be stressful. Not for the faint of heart.

[electric_blue68]

25. Yes, indeed! It's why I usually take 1 or 2 days in a row off

Often the weekends but not always.
As u can c I'm here.
Depends on my mood, or news.
Something incredibly bad, or good(!) I might keep following.

I realized by late April 2024 after he got back in that it was too stressful to be here 7 days a week.
Luckily, too, I can get involved in stuff that keeps me away from thinking about all this

[Mossfern]

8. Me too!

Whew

[Scrivener7]

2. He always does!

[mopinko]

4. the dnc shd have classes in 'rejecting the premise'.

that’s something pete is very good at, too.

[CrispyQ]

5. I love Chris & hope he considers running in 28.

He's one of the few who has described this second Trump term as a 5-alarm fire from almost the beginning.

[senseandsensibility]

9. Yes, I remember seeing him on MSNBC as it was then soon after trump was elected the second time

He was like a breath of fresh air. He spoke the way I would have thought all our Dem leaders would, but so many of them were disappointing back then. He deserves a lot of credit for the change in party attitude.

[mahina]

28. Same here!

[Lovie777]

6. He is right................

We need to stand together.

[senseandsensibility]

7. Yes, that was a real strength of his message

He refused to let the questioner divide Dems and get them fighting among themselves.

[calimary]

10. I LOVE what he said!

ANOTHER great quote:
"Right now the biggest threat to this country are not a handful of House candidates in New York, it is the president of the United States who is trying to destroy American democracy"

Thank you, Chris Murphy!

[senseandsensibility]

11. Absolutely

I wish every Dem would say this when they are asked about Mamdani or the "scary" Democratic Socialists.

[Wounded Bear]

12. This country desperately needs a solid lurch to the left...

just to balance out the overton window, which has been sliding right for several decades.

Sen Murphy is right. We need to stick together. We are the big tent after all.

[flashman13]

13. Chris Murphy is so right. We need to get over hand wringing about the flavor of Democratic candidates.

"Right now the biggest threat to this country are not a handful of House candidates in New York, it is the president of the United States who is trying to destroy American democracy".

Flipping the Congress in 2026 and electing a Democrat to the presidency is 2028 is the ONLY thing that matters.

[Bumbles]

14. Below is the link on YouTube to his speech " This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like"

[oldmanlynn]

15. Yes, including James Carville

[poli-junkie]

26. Carville is totally set in the old ways of

thinking about Dem politics. It’s no longer about being centrist to get votes but rather articulating what voters actually want and need, and how Dems have placated to corporations far too long.

[bdamomma]

16. Very Good

Chris Murphy, but actions are louder than words!!!!

[CousinIT]

17. Establishment Dems should fight THIS instead of fighting progressives. n/t

[senseandsensibility]

19. Great way of putting it

I agree.

[RandomNumbers]

21. "Progressives" should fight THIS instead of fighting Democrats. n/t

[Ziggy Beans]

31. Progressives are Democrats

[RandomNumbers]

32. Some are, some aren't. I knew 3 people IRL in 2016 who claimed to be "progressives"

and always seemed to be involved with certain specific progressive causes - but hated Clinton so much they voted against her in the election.
That's not a Democrat.

I knew these people in real life, knew them personally. They said lots of "progressive" things but their fee-fees were so hurt by their candidate not winning the primary, that they apparently ditched all their professed progressive beliefs and decided it was okay to let the US burn under TSF rather than soil their precious souls by supporting someone (in their minds) less worthy than their hero.

Fuck that. They were never Democrats.

On the flip side, I know FAR more Democrats who support progressive causes, but realize that every goal requires steps to reach it, and are able to face reality when their preferred candidate doesn't win the primary. So your statement is true for SOME.

But when a so-called progressive is hurting the cause of electing Democrats to bring this country back from the brink - even if those Dems might not immediately "free Palestine" , then those so-called progressives are NOT Democrats.

[Ziggy Beans]

33. This response is why Democrats have such low approval numbers

And why we have Trump as President

[RandomNumbers]

34. Incorrect. And "welcome to DU."

Democrats have low approval numbers - to the extent that they do, which is certainly not absolute - BECAUSE THEY ARE ATTACKED FROM ALL SIDES. Do you REALLY think attacking Democrats from the "left" by people claiming to be "progressives" (but who then will fail to support actual progress if their preferred candidate does not win the primary), HELPS the approval rating of Democrats?

[wolfie001]

30. Some of the "Dems" in the infrastructure are all about controlling the narrative

Trying to keep the "rabble" marching on the same path. The "Mamdani 3" kind of shattered that thinking. Which is LONG OVERDUE!

[BaronChocula]

18. I do see other Dems out and about with that skill

Off the top I think of AOC and Mallory McMorrow (fingers crossed in Michigan). Of course Pete Buttigieg is a thrill to see on fox news.

Of course, at this point it doesn't take much to reframing the fox news-type questions with all the incompetency and corruption. I'd love to hear someone tell the host "I'll bet any member of the Sqaud 2.0 can get a reflecting pool resurfaced without turning it into a biohazard. Next question."

[RandomNumbers]

22. Also Jon Ossoff. He's been killing it.

[DinahMoeHum]

20. Love to see him as Senate Majority Leader. . .

. . .IF the Democrats win back the Senate.

[Funtatlaguy]

27. Murphy 2028

Why not

[yellow dahlia]

29. When Chris Murphy talks - I listen.