What Next - Greenland’s a Distraction
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🗓️ 9 January 2025
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Summary
With Republicans holding the House, the Senate, and the presidency, cabinet confirmation hearings may be the most prominent place for Democrats to make a stand.
Guest: Chris Murphy, US senator for Connecticut.
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| 0:36.1 | How's it going down there in Washington preparing for dystopia, Senator Murphy? |
| 0:41.0 | I'll start there. |
| 0:43.3 | Well, I think there's a lot of people who don't believe dystopia is coming. |
| 0:50.2 | Senator Chris Murphy represents Connecticut. |
| 0:53.9 | And I wanted to talk to him because of how frankly |
| 0:56.7 | he's been speaking. Like when I asked him about dystopia, I was actually quoting him back to him. |
| 1:03.4 | He told the bulwark a few weeks back that he was preparing for the worst out of the Trump administration, |
| 1:09.3 | including, yes, possible dystopia. |
| 1:13.2 | I really believe that we are in the middle of a slide away from democracy. We're not sort of |
| 1:19.1 | looking ahead to it. And I'm a little fearful that so few of my colleagues see what's happening. |
| 1:27.7 | Senator Murphy says the warning signs are everywhere. |
| 1:31.0 | The GOP has already asked the FBI to investigate former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, for instance. |
| 1:37.5 | And after January 20th, it could be Trump loyalists Cash Patel and Pam Bondi deciding whether or not to follow through |
| 1:45.7 | on a request like that. Patel and Bondi have been nominated to lead the FBI and the DOJ, respectively. |
| 1:54.0 | But to land those jobs, they'll have to be confirmed. Hearings begin next week, which is where |
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