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Chris Murphy: “What I've said to my Republican friends from the beginning, is that today you might secretly celebrate that the dirt is…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2020
What I've said to my Republican friends from the beginning, is that today you might secretly celebrate that the dirt is being dug up on Democratic presidential candidates, but it's going to be you some day.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy warns Republicans that the tactics they support could eventually be used against them.

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