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Chris Murphy: “Donald Trump is using his regulatory power to approve…”

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

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Katie's One-on-One with Senator Chris Murphy

Published | Video Starts at 48:24

Every would be dictator knows that their first job has to be the state control of the main organs of information. And that's what Donald Trump is using his regulatory power to approve Mergers on the condition that they take down his critics and they put forward his propaganda. I have been pretty clear about this, and I would argue that the party should be crystal clear about this. (48:24–48:38)

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Asserts Trump uses regulatory power to conditionally approve mergers for propaganda purposes.

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