Oh, hi. Stephanie Murphy and I was like, oh my gosh, what an awkward moment for her. Next

thing you know, it's going to be like Murphy hates puppies, you know. In fact, Stephanie

Murphy loves puppies. Getting a puppy will fulfill a central campaign promise to the

young constituents and her own household. My kids are excited. They've been asking for

puppy for about five years and five and a half years now. And at the time, I was like,

I can't give your father one more thing to take care of. And now they're like, all right,

puppy hunt is on. Today, I'm sitting down with Stephanie Murphy. She's a three term

congresswoman from Florida seventh district in the Orlando area where she shocked all of

Washington when she ousted a 25 year GOP incumbent. People knew John and nobody wanted to

run against him. Her ignored Trump campaign strategy became the mold Democratic leaders

would use to flip the house in 2018. And Murphy would become a prominent and effective

voice for house moderates. Now, she's a frustrated lawmaker who's soured on Washington. And

especially Democrats mantra of party unity at all costs. She's sick of being pummeled

by the left in her own leadership. And what she believes is a short-sighted ploy that

will only backfire on Democrats. And Murphy, who many thought would continue to rise up

the ladder in the party, maybe even run for Senate, has decided to hang it up. I'm Rachel

Bade. This is Playbook Deep Dive. As a congress reporter, I've been following Murphy since

the very beginning. She has literally lived the American dream. Her parents fled communists

Vietnam in the 1970s. She got stranded in a tugboat and rescued at sea by the US Navy

when she was six months old. She learned English here became a citizen here as a teen.

After 9-11, she quit the private sector and decided to work in national security and

at the Pentagon and decided to run for office after another national tragic event, the

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