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Chris Murphy: “The only way the Democratic Party is going to save 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 01:24

It's been used to reward elites and hurt regular people, and the norms to them are not worth preserving. They're worth throwing out if that's what's necessary in order to help them. That means The only way the Democratic Party is going to save democracy is for us to be just as focused on unrigging the democracy as we are on unrigging the economy. If you ran a campaign on those two things, unrig the economy so that elites don't control your life, that you have a shot at economic success, and unrigging the democracy so that the elites don't run it. (01:24–01:34)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party must focus on both unrigging democracy and the economy to save democracy.

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