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On the recordFebruary 5, 2025
And so his plan, which is to destroy elements of the Federal Government and State governments and the nonprofit sector that help regular people; his plan to try to intimidate and harass Federal workers; his plan to try to make folks who work in government pass a loyalty test to the administration; his plan to destroy access to reproductive healthcare--I mean, all of that is being put into place as we speak. So, you know, what makes this moment so dangerous is that they kind of learned their lessons. They wanted to do a lot of these things in the first term, but it all kind of snuck up on them really fast. They had 4 years to put into place a plan called Project 2025 so that they could, starting on day one, destroy services for the middle class and poor people, root out of government anybody that doesn't swear a loyalty test, and endorse violence in a way that hopefully suppresses political dissent. That is not working right now, and I don't think it will work. But Russ Vought is dangerous because he has got radical ideas, and he actually has the means to implement them.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
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Feb 5, 2025

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