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Chris Murphy: “I think they're just gonna, you know, do what they've done…”

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

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Trump's Shutdown: Can The Democrats Save Healthcare? w/ Sen. Chris Murphy

Published | Video Starts at 18:58

And the last thing I'll say is that I think some people say, well, as long as there's no cancellation of elections, we're in good shape. Well, I don't think they're canceling the elections. I think they're just gonna, you know, do what they've done in Turkey and Hungary and other countries like that. where the opposition party still exists, but they just, you know, don't have enough space to operate or the rules are changed, like the shape of districts, so that even if the president is wildly unpopular, we can't win. (18:58–19:04)

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Asserts that some Republicans may attempt to erode democracy similarly to Turkey and Hungary.

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