Sen. Murphy's Law

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

4.0 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In the aftermath of the 2012 massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) says he experienced an awakening, and was called to fight for meaningful gun reform on behalf of the grieving families in his home state. Murphy joins Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman and Victoria Bassetti on this episode to talk about his renewed push for gun control legislation now, in the wake of recent shootings in Atlanta and Boulder. He talks about his strategy to get things done with — or without — the help of Senate Republicans, and about the Biden administration's announcement to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan later this year.

Our hosts also discuss the federal pause in the administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccines, and the police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, as the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd continues in nearby Minneapolis.

GUEST:

Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn. (@ChrisMurphyCT)

HOSTS:

Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)

RESOURCES:

“Student killed by police after firing at officers in shooting at Tennessee school” (AP, Apr. 12, 2021)
The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy, by Chris Murphy (Random House, 2020)

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0:00.0	Chaos erupted as officers responded to calls about a man with a gun at Austin East Magnet School in Knoxville.
0:07.7	Police say as officers approached the suspect, shots were fired and one officer was hit.
0:13.0	At least one person was killed, another taken into custody.
0:17.0	It's a scene that has become all too familiar. A student opens fired police at a Tennessee high school.
0:23.6	The student is shot dead, an officer seriously wounded.
0:27.6	It was the latest in a spate of shooting since the slutters last month in Atlanta,
0:31.7	eight massage parlor workers, gunned down, and boulder were 10 were killed in a supermarket.
0:37.6	Nobody has been working harder to pass gun control legislation to try to curb this epidemic
0:43.2	than Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut. We'll talk to him about his efforts to try to craft
0:48.0	a gun bill that could get 10 Republican votes, the number needed to crack a filibuster.
0:53.2	And we'll also question him about President Biden's decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan
0:59.6	by September 11th, as well as the prospects for a revived Iranian nuclear deal on this episode
1:06.6	of Skull Duggery.
1:11.0	I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States.
1:17.6	I will to the best of my building.
1:19.6	Reserve, protect and defend. Constitution of the United States.
1:24.2	So help me God.
1:25.6	So help me God.
1:26.6	So help me God.
1:27.5	So help me God.
1:28.4	So help me God.
1:29.6	So help me God.
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