Sen. Chris Murphy's 'emergency' message about Trump is connecting with Democratic voters

[Dulcinea]

SAXAPAHAW, N.C. (AP) — Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy isn’t drawing arena-size crowds like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are as he tours the country talking to voters. But in a packed concert hall in rural North Carolina, people are starting to view the Democrat as worthy of the national spotlight.

Murphy and Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., have been staging events in Republican congressional districts in recent weeks, trolling GOP lawmakers such as Rep. Richard Hudson, who represents the area they visited Thursday. Hudson, the chairman of the House GOP campaign arm, has discouraged Republicans from holding town halls, so Murphy and Frost decided to hold one on his home turf in North Carolina.

“We are doing the job that these Republican congressmen and senators won’t do,” Murphy told the hyped-up crowd of mostly older voters at the event, while acknowledging that Democrats need to do more to soothe their anxiety and counter President Donald Trump. “I want to make sure that everywhere, in every corner of this country, people are willing to stand up and fight.”

https://apnews.com/article/chris-murphy-democrats-trump-opposition-2026-senate-2209564b2e03d990e11abe2cb4987658

[Scrivener7]

1. Yes. And also, Democratic voters' "emergency" message about trump is connecting with Chris Murphy.

In a way that it is not with Schumer.

And Murphy is doing a good job, but now he and others like him need to devise a specific plan and get Congress behind it. His sentiments are dead on. Now let's see something concrete to back it up.

And to the inevitable people who are going to say, "What can he do? We can't do anything!1!" that is bullshit.
Start here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20246371
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220104953

I would also suggest to those people who demand we educate Congress in how to do their jobs that they should not vote for someone they believe doesn't know how to do the job they're running for.

[CTyankee]

3. He might emerge as our national candidate, who knows?

Seems odd, he's from CT and my senator (i love him). But since he is amassing crowds in other states, he has touched a nerve in the country. He's a good guy, I think, but I don't know too much about him. He's not a Yalie, which is probably a plus nationally. I think Joe Lieberman was our state's last nationally known political star when he was on the ticket with Al Gore running against GW Bush).

[ms liberty]

2. They need to come over here to Virginia Foxx's district. Pretty please!