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Chris Murphy: “I go down to the Senate floor to talk about this in the wake of the shootings because I just really worry that there is…”

On the recordMay 27, 2022
I go down to the Senate floor to talk about this in the wake of the shootings because I just really worry that there is something rotting in the American core that is making us numb to the slaughter. I think we are on the verge of just thinking that this is normal and losing our sense of outrage.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
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msnbc.com

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Senator Murphy expresses concern about the desensitization to gun violence in America.

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