Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) declared fellow Connecticuter Linda McMahon, the WWE co-founder and one-time political opponent of Murphy, to be “unquestionably qualified” to run the Small Business Administration. Murphy pointed to McMahon’s ability to succeed as a
In an interview published September 28, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said there is nothing wrong with politicizing mass shootings and even indicated such politicization should begin “within an hour” of such a heinous incident.
During a September 8 speech to the National Press Club, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) suggested right-wingers claim gun rights are “God-given” out of fear.
Senator Murphy blasted Trump’s stance against gun-free zones. He told the audience at the DNC that Trump is “doing the bidding of the gun lobby.” And he said Trump’s plan to allow teachers to carry guns is “sinister.”
Three bipartisan U.S. senators, including Texas senator John Cornyn, have introduced the Remedies for Refusal of Repatriation Act. “Casey’s Law” is named for a young woman who was murdered by a Haitian criminal illegal alien. He was in the country because he had not been deported after he was released from prison.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest intimated Tuesday that Republicans are cowards for opposing Monday’s gun control proposals.
Although the Senate rejected gun control on Monday night, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) believes the Orlando terror attack may have opened the door to money for “gun research” at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
During the June 19 airing of ABC’s This Week, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) dodged questions regarding the impotency of his gun control proposal by suggesting it is not fair to judge gun control based on whether it works.
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that the gun bill the Senate will vote on gives the attorney general “broad discretion to the attorney general to take anyone that is suspected of terrorist ties and deny them a weapon” on Monday’s
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” network White House correspondent Jonathan Karl grilled Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on if any of his gun control proposals would have stopped the recent mass shootings. Partial transcript as follows: KARL: So Senator Murphy, you are
On Thursday’s “CBS This Morning,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said that there is “certainly a question” whether gun control legislation he supports “may have been impactful in Orlando” and that “It might have been.” Murphy was asked by co-host Norah
On June 15, Senate Democrats launched a filibuster for background checks on private gun sales less than a month after Omar Mateen passed a background check to buy his guns at a retail store.
During a June 13 interview on CNN, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) struggled to explain how more gun laws could stop terrorists.
After years of bipartisan calls to reform the nation’s mental health system, the Democrats stand opposed to a Republican bill because it puts safeguards in place for gun rights.
Gun grabbers are ubiquitous in the current 21st century Democratic Party and, with effort, one or two gun grabbers can be found in the Republican Party as well.
Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) are asking the Connecticut Food Association (CFA) to ban the open carry of handguns in its “300 retail food stores and pharmacies” in Connecticut.
Breitbart contributor AWR Hawkins, the nation’s leading journalist on gun rights, told a standing-room-only audience at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention “Democrats use emotion, denial, and shame to get you to move against the second amendment [the right to keep and bear arms].”
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
On December 31 Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) claimed there were 372 mass shootings–or more than one mass shooting a day–during calendar year 2015. On the other hand, Mother Jones editor Mark Follman reported four mass shootings for the whole year and USA Today reported approximately 22.
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.”
On Monday, 24 Senate Democrats urged President Obama to circumvent Congress by using executive action to expand background checks to cover private gun sales.
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.”
Monday on MSNBC, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) declared Congress was “quietly endorsing these mass murders” by not passing stronger gun control laws. Murphy said, “I think Secretary Clinton today outlined additional executive actions the Obama administration can take a look at bringing
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
Friday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) partially blamed Congress for the tragic murder broadcast live on television of WDBJ journalists, 24-year old Alison Parker and 27-year old Adam Ward, arguing they have not passed gun control legislation, which makes Congress complicit.
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.
Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are urging President Obama to use executive power to unilaterally change the way background checks for gun purchases are handled.
Federal law allows gun dealers to sell a gun once a background check is passed or after a three-day extended check fails to turn up the information necessary to resolve a “delay” from the system. It was in the latter scenario that alleged Charleston shooter Dylann Roof was able to purchase his gun.
On June 29, The Washington Post (WaPo) called out gun control Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) for his “misleading” and exaggerated claims regarding school shootings since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
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.
On February 4, Representative Elizabeth Esty (D-CT-5th Dist.) introduced a bill to ban “high capacity” ammunition magazines, and it was supported by 100 Democrat cosponsors.
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
