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Chris Murphy: “I think it's a really, really sad day for the country that the Senate has, you know, turned into basically an instrument…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2020
I think it's a really, really sad day for the country that the Senate has, you know, turned into basically an instrument of the president's cover-up, and that's, I think, real damaging to us in the long run.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy expresses concern over the Senate's role in the impeachment process and its implications for the country.

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