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Chris Murphy: “Democracies die when the regime trying to convert a country…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Sen. Chris Murphy On State Of Iran War And How Democrats Can Regain Their Footing | The View

Published | Video Starts at 09:50

Well, the other party is shameless, first of all. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I'll say two things about that. Melissa calls it a race to the bottom. I understand that. But listen, Democracies die when the regime trying to convert a country to totalitarianism breaks the rules and the opposition follows those broken rules. Right. So you have to, if you want to confront this threat, the opposition, the Democratic Party, has to break some norms as well. And I get that that makes people uncomfortable. (09:50–10:04)

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Asserts that adherence to broken rules by opposition parties can lead to the demise of democracies.

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