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Chris Murphy: “It's illegal to arrest somebody just because they're…”

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 39:31

So we just set up a whole new set of common sense defenses that individuals would have in court if they ever got prosecuted for free speech. Now, It's illegal to arrest somebody just because they're protesting the government, but that hasn't stopped Trump from doing it. I don't remember if it was Stalin or some other famous totalitarian once, you know, said, show me the person and I'll find you the crime. Right. (39:31–39:38)

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Asserts that Trump has arrested people for protesting the government despite it being illegal.

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