And fight back everywhere

Chris Murphy on redistricting: “I hate what Texas is doing. But if they're going to do it, of course we have to fight back.”

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur.bsky.social) July 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

Big Beautiful Bill...for rich people

Sen. Chris Murphy to NBC on Democratic opposition to the GOP mega-bill: "What we're standing in the way of is the most massive transfer of wealth from the poor and the middle class to the rich in the history of the country."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) May 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

SOTU #7--History will honor these names

Conscience of Congress Removed: Al Green Walked Out: Jasmine Crockett, Maxwell Frost, Maxine Dexter, Andrea Salinas, LaMonica McIver, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, and several others Refused to Attend: AOC, Chris Murphy, Ron Wyden, Patty Murray, Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer History will honor these names 🔝

— Fal Rising (@falrising.bsky.social) March 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

And start asking more of other Democratic leaders

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

— Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) February 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

Obstruct, obstruct, obstruct

Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

Good time to be an actual criminal, though

Chris Murphy: "They've essentially signaled the end of independent federal law enforcement. Over the next four years, that may end up in the targeting of Democrats, the targeting of media that's friendly to Democrats."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) December 17, 2024 at 11:56 AM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

The party with the fringe on top

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ted Cruz, Matt Gaetz, etc aren't fringe. They represent the new Republican mainstream, where loyalty to Trump is more important than loyalty to country and preserving power matters more than preserving democracy.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 6, 2022

Republican = Racist

Peace,

emaycee

 

Unfortunately, that's just what they'll do

The only way fascism wins is if the free press covers fascism v. democracy like just another cats and dogs political fight.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) November 28, 2021

Republican = Racist

Peace,

emaycee

 

He's making a list

The Democrats are coming!

Apparently the Trump team is already making a list of scary candidates they may face in the 2020 Presidential election, and the top four names now are Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (pretty please?), Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy (not too bad), Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (no clue), and Trump wannabe Mark Cuban (I have a better chance of being the Democratic nominee--and if he runs as an independent, we win).

Keeping in mind that the scariest candidate of all would be Elizabeth Warren (likely not running), but considering Trump's historic disapproval ratings and rank incompetence thus far, shouldn't their list also include any American over the age of 35 who can walk and chew gum at the same time?

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

Walking a ways in another's shoes

Congresswoman Jackie Speier of California spent last Friday night at a homeless shelter in the Bay Area to get an idea of what it's like to be homeless in America.  Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut did something similar late last year when he spent a day shadowing a homeless man.

On any given night, a little over 600,000 Americans will find themselves homeless, most of them for the simplest of reasons:  they can't afford housing. Rep. Speier suggested that perhaps all members of Congress should do as she did (anyone see Ted Cruz or Rand Paul spending a night in a homeless shelter?) to learn more about what the homeless face each day.

You know, we constantly convene the best and the brightest of the business world to fix what ails the American economy without any tangible results.  Perhaps Rep. Speier and Sen. Murphy are on to something--facing the problem where it actually is rather than in some hallowed hall full of bullshit artists.

With half of Congress being millionaires, though, it's kind of hard to imagine many of them spending a night slumming to better the lives of their constituents.

Probably a lot easier to stay home and count their money.

Peace,
emaycee