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Chris Murphy: “Trump thinks he's going to get away with this... jacking…”

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

Mr. President: Do Not Shut Down the Government | Sen. Bernie Sanders

Published September 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 34:41

But I'm going to tee up. I'm going to tee up. Your first question is the most important. Why does Trump think he's going to get away with this? Trump thinks he's going to get away with this... jacking people's costs up by 75%. people's costs up by 75%, closing nursing homes. He thinks he's going to get away with it because at the same time, he's trying to crush dissent in this country. (34:41–34:51)

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Asserts that Trump's actions will increase people's costs by 75%.

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“Trump thinks he's going to get away with this... closing nursing homes.”
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“He's doing all these unpopular things, throwing people off their health care in order to enrich his Mar a Lago buddies.”
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“We'll have an opportunity in a couple weeks on October 18th to have millions of people, maybe the biggest day of protest in the history of…”
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“If we speak up and the pressure mounts on Republicans to do the right thing for their political careers, not throw people off their health…”
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