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Impolitic with John Heilemann

Chris Murphy: “It’s Happening Right in Front of Our Eyes”

Impolitic with John Heilemann

Audacy | Puck

News, Politics

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

John is joined by Democratic Senator Chris Murphy to discuss Murphy's view that the events of this week are a preview of the assault on the rule of law that Donald Trump intends to wage once he takes office. Murphy connects the dots between House Republicans’ call on the FBI to launch a criminal investigation of Liz Cheney, Trump’s lawsuit against pollster Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register, Elon Musk’s attack on the bipartisan efforts to avert a government shutdown (and Trump’s endorsement of it), the pre-capitulation to the incoming administration by an array of capitalist titans, and the abdication of the national stage by Joe Biden—arguing that these all are early signs of the onset of oligarchy, and that his fellow Democrats must to do more to rescue American democracy. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Aloha and namaste everyone and welcome to Impolitic with John Heilman, a puck and Odyssey Joint,

0:57.1

featuring lively in-depth, sometimes just slightly profane conversations with people who roam the

1:02.1

quarters of power and influence in America, weaving the warp and wept of our politics and culture.

1:07.1

In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump's re-election, most Democrats occupied themselves with

1:11.5

especially agonized versions of the traditional post-election defeat rituals.

1:15.8

The weeping, the wailing, the gnashing of teeth, the rending of garments, the sackcloth

1:19.8

and ashes.

1:21.2

Others dove headlong into mournful post-mortems of the party's tactical and strategic errors, its demographic weaknesses,

1:29.2

or most of all, its failure, especially but not exclusively in the presidential race,

1:34.0

to craft a message that was clearer and more compelling than Trump's.

1:38.9

And then there was Chris Murphy, the 51-year-old junior senator from Connecticut,

1:42.8

who took to the platform formerly known as Twitter on November 7th and posted this message, quote,

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