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Chris Murphy: “When I came to Congress 20 years ago, the Democrats approach…”

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 01:56

There'd be a lot of people, including many in Trump's coalition, who are willing to listen. And I'll drill down a little bit deeper in the critique of our party. When I came to Congress 20 years ago, the Democrats approach to democracy reform was campaign finance reform. We spent a lot of time talking about public financing of elections, getting, you know, dark money, big money out of politics. (01:56–02:06)

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Asserts that 20 years ago, the Democrats' approach to democracy reform focused on campaign finance reform.

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