Thank goodness Sen. Chris Murphy is willing and able to meet this moment with the fire and determination some other Democrats seem to lack.
In a video posted to Blue Sky, Murphy gave what I consider the definitive take on the Senate passage of the Republicans’ Billionaires’ Bonanza Bill, followed by the rallying cry we all need:
“I am shaking with fury over what just happened. That’s the most monstrous piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my time in Congress,” Murphy began.
“What do those Republican senators go back and tell their constituents that they did?” Murphy wondered. “In the final speech, the only thing they mentioned was the money for the border.”
But Republicans have already militarized the border, have already “created an immigration police state,” Murphy added. So what more can they do? It’s a good question, though I hate to think about the answer.
Then he listed some of the horrific, unconscionable harm the bill will cause:
MURPHY: They didn’t mention anything about the fact this bill kicks 17 million people off of their healthcare. There are going to be thousands of people who die in this country because they lose their access to healthcare. There’ll be tens of thousands of other lives that are needlessly destroyed.
This is the biggest cut in child nutrition in the history of the country, I think. There are going to be moms and dads who literally watch their children go hungry.
