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Chris Murphy: “You shouldn't. You shouldn't. You can't believe Lindsey Graham, you can't believe the president, you can't believe Mitch…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2020
You shouldn't. You shouldn't. You can't believe Lindsey Graham, you can't believe the president, you can't believe Mitch McConnell. They have made it 100 percent clear that there is only one motivation that drives them. And it is not honor, it is not precedent, it is not truth telling, and it is not patriotism. It is the accumulation of power.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
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msnbc.com

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Murphy criticizes the motivations of Republican leaders regarding power and trust.

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