Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that background checks would not have prevented the Sandy Hook shooting while discussing President Obama’s plans to take executive action on gun control on Monday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC. Murphy said the president “has
Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) explained his tweet from Wednesday decrying those offering thoughts and prayers to the victims of the mass shooting in San Bernardino earlier this week. https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/672176555859296256 Murphy said he believed “prayers and
Addressing the shooting in Colorado Springs at a Planned Parenthood last Friday, Connecticut’s Democrat lawmakers said on Monday that verbalizing opposition to Planned Parenthood “can inflame someone who may want to take action.”
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) says he will accept Syrian refugees because Americans have “an obligation” to do so.
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) declared, “I don’t think we have a plan for destroying ISIL,” and “I think our objective today is to degrade them, to keep them on their heels” on Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” Murphy said, “There’s no
On October 28, Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced legislation to close a non-existent “background check loophole.”
The Obama administration has thrown in the towel on a plan to spend $500 million on training “moderate” Syrian rebels to fight ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the regime of Bashar Assad.
On this weekend’s “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said President Barack Obama’s attempt to train Syrian rebels was “bad plan” and a “epic disaster.” [Relevant portion at 8:00] While discussing the Syrian refugee crisis Murphy said, “There is
Less than a week after John Russell Houser allegedly opened fire inside a Grand Theatre in Lafayette, Louisiana, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), called on their colleagues to join together and pass more regulations on gun shows.
On Thursday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said he is not confident that Walmart clerks can sell gun “responsibly.”
During a June 24 appearance on CNN, gun control proponent Mark Kelly said he thinks Obama was right for politicizing the Charleston shooting one day after it happened.
Ever ready to lift the intellectual level of debate in the Senate, a Democrat resorted to the Internet’s emoji-like “shruggie” symbol to describe the response to Obamcare by Senate Republicans.
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued that Republicans were blowing Hillary Clinton “occasionally” using a personal e-mail account out of proportion on Wednesday’s broadcast of “The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart” on MSNBC. “This seems to be blown out of proportion already.
Feinstein’s move is largely seen as an extension of President Obama’s belief that Iran’s nuclear program is being used solely for “peaceful purposes” and the approach of diplomacy to negotiate a resolute end.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) described as “mythology” the claim that good guys with guns stop bad guys with guns. “This mythology that you end up killing bad guys by arming good guys just doesn’t work,” Murphy said on CNN. “Reality is
In a tweet Saturday morning, Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn. demonstrated his party’s contempt for their voters by attempting to shame reporters who are covering the ObamaCare scandal that has come to be known as “GruberGate.” Said Murphy via Twitchy: It’s
The administration of Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) has denied a request from federal officials to temporarily house up to 2,000 illegal immigrant children from Central America at a residence in his state for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Citing concerns
Sunday on ABC’s This Week, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CN) told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos it would have been “laughable” five years ago to think Russian President Vladimir Putin would invade the Ukraine. Then Murphy warned a NATO country might be next…
Joining with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (MDA) and Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) on February 12, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) charged Congress with “complicity” in gun violence. Murphy specifically took aim at those in Congress who
Some people really wear their hearts on their sleeves. One of those people is Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), who cares so much about the loyal opposition, he tweeted out this touching sentiment on Twitter, Tuesday night: I take no joy
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy let a key detail slip out during an interview with the the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd that appeared on April 13th. In her column, Dowd recounts Murphy saying this: Wonder how the Newton families ended up
In the final push toward the Senate gun control vote on April 17, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) admitted Democrats were flying Newtown families into DC to break a Republican filibuster–he also admitted that those families did not know they were
During a June 13 press conference with Newtown, Connecticut families, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said he and gun control advocates were never going to give up on passing more gun control. “We are never going to give up,” said Murphy.
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT): “I mean, let’s look at the context of nullification. Nullification was last used by southern states to try to eviscerate Civil Rights legislation, to try to prevent states from basically enforcing desegregation — and I think
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) wrote a letter to Rupert Murdoch to “urge” him to not broadcast this Saturday’s NRA 500 NASCAR race at the Texas Motor Speedway because the winner of the race will, following tradition, shoot blanks from six-shooters
