Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”
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This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. A co production of WNYC Studios and the New Yorker. Welcome to the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. As Donald Trump carries out a radical plan to slash the federal government to a nub. no matter what the cost or who's going to pay it.
His most obvious accomplices were Congressional Republicans. Politicians who, with almost no exceptions, will not dare risk his wrath or risk a primary challenge. But also notable is the democratic opposition, or
The lack thereof. Ін на хас минуті лідер Хакі Джефрі се. He won't swing at every pitch from the administration. As though this were a baseball game. Chuck Schumer's vote to back the Republican budget in order to avoid a government shutdown.
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