Hello from Washington. I'm Chuck Todd, and this is the Chuck Todd cast. My guest today is

Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat from Connecticut since the election. He's been one of the more

vocal Democrats to call for a change in how the party speaks to voters, especially on economic

populism. The core of his message has been the Democrats to take aim at corporate power and economic

elitism.

We're going to get into his thinking there a bit.

I also want to give a little timestamp here.

We are recording this on Monday, December 2nd.

We've had a ton of news over the last few days.

We'll get into a little bit of that.

But we are having a bigger picture conversation with the Senator, just so you know.

Before we get started, remember to stick around for an audience question.

And if you have a what if you'd like us to explore, email me at the chuck todcast at gmail.com.

And we will take a look at your alternative history and what your butterfly effect and whether it's a story worth exploring.

Of course, if you stick around for the holidays this month, you will get our best of these

ideas. But to dig in and sort of the future of the Democratic Party where things stand,

I'm joined by Senator Chris Murphy. Senator, it's good to see you.

Hey, Chuck, thanks for having me.

You know, I remember when you first got elected to the Senate, we got together.

You got elected to the Senate.

I just got the job at Meet the Press.

And we were sort of talking about sort of both getting into sort of official Washington in ways as sort of younger people.

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