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Chris Murphy: “Democracies die when the very powerful people.”

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

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… or Donald Trump use their power in order to rig the rules to enrich themselves, that we are all going to feel that it's normal. This is how democracies die. Democracies die when the very powerful people. Steal from us so regularly, so openly, so unapologetically, that we come to believe that it's normal. And listen, I understand that many Americans. May think that all of this stuff. (26:37–26:42)

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Asserts that democracies are at risk when powerful people act in certain ways.

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