Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

Bumping this given the massive abuse of power we saw last night. Don’t sleep on the threats to democracy. Don’t assume the system we have now is permanent. https://t.co/SHDTdN4CIo — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

The utilities have a chance today to show what they’ve learned over the last month. I will be in touch with Eversource and UI all day and weekend to make sure the power gets back on fast. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

RT @brianschatz: No President should ever use the White House for this purpose ever again. Disgusting, unacceptable. This is not a preceden… — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

Yes. What happened last night was a massive violation of the law and a massive public health risk. These headlines are how this behavior gets normalized. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

I went door to door in Hartford and Bridgeport this week for the census and we have 50% counted there with a month to go. The census, once apolitical, has now been weaponized. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

I don’t normally delete tweets, but just got rid of one that mistakenly gave the impression that I thought there was an equivalency between property crime and murder. Of course I don’t think that. So I just took it down. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

Correct. Of course murder is infinitely worse than property damage. I’m not making an equivalency. I’m reacting to those on the right who think they have to choose. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

This isn’t hard. Vigilantism is bad. Police officers shooting black people in the back is bad. Looting and property damage is bad. You don’t have to choose. You can be against it all. You can just be for peace. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

The current #1 new release in “History of Biology and Nature” on Amazon - and it’s not even released yet! That category might seem funny - but the book starts with an exploration of the biology of violence. Understanding human impulses is key to figuring out American violence. https://t.co/8VHQGFA3LP — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

1,000+ Americans are being killed every day needlessly under your watch. America under Trump is the least safe place on earth. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

This is just extraordinary. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

8/ Yale can't do this themselves. They need the feds - but again, the feds are largely AWOL, and a great technology may end up helping thousands rather than millions. Over and over, Trump refuses to create a national testing strategy, and the virus is the only winner. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

7/ the Trump Administration (here, mostly the FDA) feigns impotence. They tell Yale to go find partners themselves instead of showing leadership and taking charge to build the kind of scale that would bring down the cost of the test. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

6/ Lastly, what makes this more maddening is that right here in CT, we are developing the ability to do population based testing. Yale's Saliva Direct test (I was there this week) is a breakthrough that could provide a cheap, easy option with no supply chain issues. But again... — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

5/ Again, CT doesn't have the ability to build a population based testing program (different from individual tests in that they need to be cheaper but also don't have to be as accurate). Only the federal government - NIH, CDC, HHS - can create this. And they just haven't done it. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

4/ CT schools are about to reopen, but there is no way to do broad, population based testing. So when an outbreak at a school happens, we likely won't find out until it's too late (especially since the kids are likely to be asymptomatic). — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

3/ Trump has refused to build the additional lab capacity nationally to reduce these wait times. Connecticut can't do it - the testing industry is national. Only HHS and partner federal agencies can expand this capacity, but they simply refuse. Outrageous. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

2/ Current turnaround time at New Britain's community health center drive through testing program is 3 days. 3 days is NOT GOOD. That's 3 days for a unknowing positive person to spread. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

Spent some time this week surveying Connecticut's current COVID testing system. It's made it clear to me how disastrous Trump's refusal to build a national testing plan has been - even in a state like CT that has done COVID response right. 1/ A short THREAD on where we are: — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

Yes, Trump has put us in a position where our troops are vulnerable and the Russians feel immune from consequence. But the U.S. should have never been in Syria like this to begin with. We never had a plan to win. We were never willing to go as far as Russia and Iran. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

I wonder why a deranged white nationalist Trump supporter would show up to a protest with a rifle and start shooting people. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

RT @GarrettHaake: This unfolding NBA players boycott of playoff games to protest for justice is NOT just a sports story. It’s a huge cultur… — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

Stopped by Community Health Center in New Britain to say thanks to their drive up testing crew. They’re doing a great job - unreal how many frontline heroes we have out here. https://t.co/8VavmPUllY — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

Thank you Bob. You and I don’t agree on much, but your focus on the importance of mask wearing has helped keep the issue non-political in our state. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

RT @DanLamothe: Last week, the Pentagon acknowledged within hours a violation of policy during the DNC (there was one, as was widely covere… — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

Stephen Pinker’s work on the roots of human violence (his opus The Better Angels of Our Nature is pure brillance) is part of what inspired my book. Humbling to know he likes what I wrote. https://t.co/x7ki9nyfom — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

This is the same president who on 37 different occasions praised China's COVID response? The president who said he "appreciates China's transparency"? The president who said China is doing "a very professional job?" That president? — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

I think Pompeo just said "NATO is stronger." But I'm very tired and I might have heard it wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

Something about that doesn’t sound right. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

I just turned on #RNC2020 for the first time this week and the literal first thing I heard was Eric Trump say “peace in the Middle East...promises made, promises kept”. Getting a whiff that this convention might not be on the level... — PolitiTweet.org