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Chris Murphy: “We'll have an opportunity in a couple weeks on October 18th…”

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

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

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And that's how we stop him. We stop him by showing him that he can't actually shut the American people up. He can't actually stop people from seeing the corruption. 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 this country. And so to me, that first question is the most important. Bernie. He thinks he can get away with this because he thinks people aren't going to either notice or he thinks people are going to be too scared to speak up. (35:30–35:42)

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Asserts that a major protest is planned for October 18th, potentially the largest in U.S. history.

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