Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

The more time I spend traveling the country and my state in post-pandemic America, the more convinced I am that political leaders need to start taking the loneliness epidemic seriously. https://t.co/9lyzfPDo7Q — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

I thought a Republican majority was going to fix inflation. (spoiler: they aren’t) — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

6/ We lost the game, the crowd was going wild, and the first thing Steny thought about was making sure I was okay. I know...it's a silly story. Just a baseball game. But for some reason, it says everything about Hoyer. He CARES about people. Even when no one is watching. https://t.co/7KCzhbwKfE — PolitiTweet.org

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5/ Hoyer was Majority Leader. A big deal. Had a large security detail. But within seconds of my error, he had forced his way out of the stands and into the locker room, to find me. "You played a great game," he told me. "And you're a just a kid. You've got plenty of games left!" — PolitiTweet.org

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4/ I walked straight into the locker room to sulk. Didn't even stop to collect my things in the dugout. I collapsed in despair. And then, from down the hall, I hear a voice calling my name. "Chris!" "Chris!" "Where are you? It's Steny!" — PolitiTweet.org

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3/ I threw to first for the game ending out, but my throw sailed into right field. The tying and winning run scored. Walk off win for the GOP. Members of Congress take this game seriously. I was a newcomer and I blew the game. I was embarassed and devestated. https://t.co/dYq0CD6TrQ — PolitiTweet.org

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2/ By 2008, the GOP team had run up a long winning streak. But in the bottom of the last inning, the Dems had a chance to break the streak. The GOP loaded the bases with one out. Then, a grounder to the pitcher, who threw to me, the catcher, for the first force out, and then... — PolitiTweet.org

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Steny Hoyer is a legend. He's a master legislative tactician, an unerring vote counter, and a matchless deal maker. But the one story I always remember about Steny isn't about his legislative acumen, it's about his compassion. 1/ It's from the 2008 congressional baseball game. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

"Wokeness" is a made up term meant to encompass anything the right wing disagrees with. Everyone who isn't a conservative is now "woke". It's the laziest political trope going. https://t.co/QO01JTzcwV — PolitiTweet.org

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As leader, Nancy Pelosi wasn't afraid to take chances. In 2006, I was a long shot candidate - running against a 24-year incumbent Republican. But in August, she came to Waterbury to campaign for (a much younger looking) me. A lot of people thought she was wasting her time. https://t.co/2DjAQYZlPn — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CitizenCohn: More to say about Pelosi soon, but this was just one of the moments from the ACA fight when she defied skeptics all over W… — PolitiTweet.org

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7/ 2 months later, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act. And today, it's so popular the new Republican Congress won't dare touch it. I had never seen any person do what Pelosi did that night. I've never seen it since. There hasn't been, and will not be, anyone like her. — PolitiTweet.org

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6/ She told us that it was time for us to stiffen our spines and march forward. She told us the country was counting on us. I watched her single handedly WILL the caucus to act. I watched her mettle change the entire mood of the room. When she was done, no one challenged her. — PolitiTweet.org

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5/ She told the room that there come times when leaders have a choice to make - stand up to the powerful status quo and change the world or give into to short term political expediency. This was our moment, she told us, to save lives and lift millions out of health care poverty. — PolitiTweet.org

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4/ And then, when everyone had spoken, she picked up a handheld microphone. I expected her to give into the calls to give up. But she didn't. She did exactly the opposite. — PolitiTweet.org

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3/ I remember it like it was yesterday. Pelosi sat at the front of the room in the basement of the Capitol, and she listened politely to the calls for retreat. Even some of her most loyal progressive allies were begging her to ditch the ACA in the name of political expediency. — PolitiTweet.org

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2/ Many rank-and-file Democrats were in a panic, and they lined up at the microphone to tell Pelosi that it was time for us to give up on the Affordable Care Act. Or chop it up into little pieces - as some in the White House were suggesting. — PolitiTweet.org

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1/ There's one night I will remember most when thinking about Nancy Pelosi - the night I watched her single handedly save health care for 20 million Americans. It was at the first Democratic caucus meeting after Scott Brown won the special Senate election in Massachusetts. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RonFilipkowski: Prophet Julie Green, who shares the stage with Eric Trump & Michael Flynn on the ‘Reawaken America’ tour, usually reads… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ShaneGoldmacher: New: Sen. Raphael Warnock's campaign is running a new 30-second ad — so far it's aired in Atlanta — that is almost ent… — PolitiTweet.org

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Guess what I’m talking about on @TheLastWord? Connecticut’s 81st state house district - my old assembly district! And guess who I’m appearing with? State Representative-Elect Chris Poulos! Who won by 1 vote! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ParkerKrex: It was great meeting with @ChrisMurphyCT yesterday to discuss the future of the gun violence movement and the necessity for… — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

We are celebrating one year since the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the biggest investment EVER in America's roads, rails, and high tech infrastructure. Here are the 10 most important investments in Connecticut. https://t.co/LB0coHEtWw — PolitiTweet.org

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Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

Warnock needs to make decisions on staffing and ad buys this week. If you haven’t given yet, today is the day. If you’ve already donated, can you do one more? It matters. — PolitiTweet.org

Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

I don't understand this decision. CFIUS is designed to review transactions like this. We need to ask: Why did the Saudis partner with Musk on this purchase? Why didn't they take their $$ out like other owners? What access do they have to data? What say do they have on content? — PolitiTweet.org

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Sometimes Democrats win not due to national messaging, but bc we have great candidates who work hard. In my old state legislative seat in Southington, high school teacher Chris Poulos personally knocked on 5300 doors. He won by 1 vote. Here’s a text he got last night. https://t.co/sDuxu87kCo — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AaronBlake: With Kari Lake’s loss, Democrats have netted a gain of 2 GOV seats. The president’s party has only gained governor’s seats… — PolitiTweet.org

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The fightin’ 81st! Back in the Dem column. Back in the Chris column. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @thereidout: Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT: "Our Founding Fathers are turning over in their graves right now. They never intended for legislation… — PolitiTweet.org