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Chris Murphy: “Reporters of the Department of Defense can't report on…”

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

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Murphy Floor Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Takeover

Published | Video Starts at 14:26

Well, that's what Donald Trump is doing by banning reporters from the White House that don't tow the Trump or MAGA line. That's what they're doing in saying to Reporters of the Department of Defense can't report on military operations unless given pre-approval. pre approval. That's what happened to the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics when the labor statistics showed that the economy wasn't good. (14:26–14:34)

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Asserts that the Department of Defense requires pre-approval for military operation reporting.

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