Democratic senator Chris Murphy went viral during the weekend when he expressed indignation about President Donald Trump's step to close several government agencies and to stop federal financing.
The legislator of Connecticut has been to the front lines with other Democrats in recent days, because he claims that the United States is being confronted with a constitutional crisis with the trump's efforts to freeze funds and close agencies.
“I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis with which the country is confronted, certainly since Watergate,” the Democratic legislator claimed on Sunday.
“The president tries to grab control of power and for corrupt purposes,” Murphy told ABC News, “Martha Raddatz.
The passionate legislator said that Trump “wants to be able to be able to decide how and where money is spent so that he can reward his political friends, he can punish his political enemies.”
“That is the deportation of democracy,” Murphy explained, painting an ominous image in the interview that was shared online thousands of times.
Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) Found the alarms on the attempt by President Trump and Elon Musk to reduce the size of the federal government that claims that it is the most serious constitutional crisis since Watergate and accused the president of wanting to design democracy
Since Trump took office, his administration with the help of the Nieuwe Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has run by billionaire Elon Musk urged money that has been allocated by the congress to be stopped.
The administration has also focused on closing several authorities that have been authorized by the congress, including the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and now the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Republican legislators have largely welcomed the actions of the president as an attempt to eradicate waste and abuse of the government.
But Democrats claim that the president goes against the congress, which controls the power of the wallet.
The administration is now also confronted with multiple legal fights while groups complain to prevent the Trump team from withholding money, dismissed employees and remove data online.
Murphy shot the administration for both the undermining of the congress, but also hit other actions by Trump since he was sworn in last month.
“You state that in addition to the wholesaler approval of political violence with the grace that is given to every riot of January 6, including the most violent that police officers struck with baseball bats, and you can see what he is trying to do here,” claimed Murphy, “Murphy claimed.
“He tries to crush his opposition by scaring them to lose federal financing, by scare them for physical violence,” the senator, whose voice shook, continued.
Murphy emphasized that he believes that this is a “red alert moment when this whole country has to understand that our democracy is in danger.”
He said it was for the takeover of the billionaire from the government.
Senator Murphy surrounded by other members of the congress during a meeting against Elon Musk outside the Treasury Department on February 4, after Doge gained access to the Treasury paying system and data from the taxpayer before a judge temporarily access access to the system limited
At that time, Raddatz interrupted his accusations by pointing out that Trump and Musk have argued that they want to lower the federal budget and the workforce. She asked the legislator if he has problems with that.
“Well, I don't do that, but there are no evidence that that is the goal,” Murphy shot back.
The senator claimed that the administration sent people to USAID home, but they were still paid.
'I think you should ask why they do this if it doesn't take savings? And again the reason is that someone like Elon Musk is to win through the closure of USAID, “he said.
Murphy argued that the closure of the agency used as a tool for the influence of the US abroad makes the US less safe around the world, but the move helps China.
The connecticut legislator suggested that because Musk has business ties with China, 'Beijing Happy Making Happy' will benefit him and many billionaires who work there.
Although Democrats have pronounced indignation in just a series of weeks about the activity of the Trump government, they remain in the minority in the congress and have limited tools to block or investigate the actions of the administration in themselves.
Instead, they have paid attention to what they have spoken as an executive crossing with meetings, press conferences and on the air waves.
At the same time, the courts have also weighed lawsuits by blocking federal financing, pausing a deadline for federal employees to take Trump's 'buyout' deal and to limit access to the sensitive treasury payment system.
But Murphy argued that it is not clear that the Trump administration is following judicial orders. He claimed that programs in his state still did not receive the financing they had expected.
“I think there is a big question of whether the administration is carrying out the judicial order,” said Murphy.
He claimed the pace of this attack on the Constitution to serve the billionaire class, it is absolutely dizzy. '
On Monday, a federal judge immediately said that the White House had gone its order to release billions of federal subsidies, which could lead to a high bet between the executive and judicial branches of the government.
