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Chris Murphy: “In the 20 years that I've been in Congress, our democracy…”

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

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Chris Murphy: THIS Is Why Americans Don’t Believe in Democracy Anymore

Published | Video Starts at 02:13

We spent a lot of time talking about public financing of elections, getting, you know, dark money, big money out of politics. In the 20 years that I've been in Congress, our democracy reform agenda has transitioned from big money in politics to voting rights. Now, voting rights is a really important issue, but it's not a broadcast message. Right. The issue of voting rights does not animate the entirety of the country. (02:13–02:21)

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Asserts that the Democrats' democracy reform agenda has shifted from focusing on big money in politics to voting rights over the past 20 years.

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