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Chris Murphy: “Harvard [University] was the first big institution to just…”

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

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Senator Chris Murphy Discusses Democracy Threats and Trump's Influence on Defending Democracy Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 28:09

And I think our discussion now has to be, what can we do to support that kind of collective action? It may be that what Harvard did in sort of being Harvard [University] was the first big institution to just say no [to cutting a deal], which helped rally other universities. to their side, that may go down as one of the most important acts, I agree, in the present day history of our efforts to save our democracy. (28:09–28:25)

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Asserts that Harvard University led other universities by refusing to cut a deal.

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