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Chris Murphy: “There's no way for the president to offer an adequate explanation for what he did. He had two asks of the President…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2019
There's no way for the president to offer an adequate explanation for what he did. He had two asks of the President Zelensky in that phone call. One was to help him destroy Hillary Clinton. The second was to help him destroy Vice President Biden.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Senator Murphy criticizes President Trump's actions during a phone call with President Zelensky, stating that he cannot use his power to destroy political opponents.

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