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On the recordFebruary 5, 2025
I would say 98, 99 percent of Americans are a no on that. In his first term, he said a lot of things that he never even tried to do. He said a lot of reckless things that he never actually followed up on. And during the campaign, he said many things that sounded a little crazy to folks. He said: I am going to be a dictator on day one. He said the No. 1 enemy of the people are Democrats, and I am going to use the military to take care of the enemy within, which he referenced as his political opposition. And I think many Americans said: Do you know what? I heard him say a lot of stuff like that in his first term. He is not going to really do it. So you are right. After the election--we had an election; he won. And people assumed that things were going to be different. There was going to be a little bit more topsy-turvy. Maybe this country needed to be shaken up a little bit. But they actually didn't believe he was going to act like a dictator. They actually didn't believe he was going to violate the Constitution so brazenly in the first month. They didn't believe he was going to shut down funding for preschools and for medical research.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
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Feb 5, 2025

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