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Chris Murphy: “We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are…”

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 03:15

… refuse to see it in its totality because they deal with one outrage at a time. They justify one assault at a time without seeing the full scope of it. We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it now. It's not a fiat accompli. It is not certain to be successful. But if we aren't clear eyed about what is happening, then we have no chance to arrest it. (03:15–03:25)

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Asserts that the U.S. is currently experiencing an authoritarian takeover.

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