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Chris Murphy: “Right now the biggest threat to this country are not a handful of House candidates in New York. It is the president of…”

On the recordJune 29, 2026
Right now the biggest threat to this country are not a handful of House candidates in New York. It is the president of the United States that is trying to destroy American democracy, and the Democratic Party, left, right and center is united around the fact that we need to protect this nation from Donald Trump’s attacks on the rule of law.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing threats to American democracy on NBC’s 'Meet the Press'.

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