who gives a shit? why is @chrismurphyct.bsky.social responding to this question with anything other than "The Republican budget plan increases the deficit by three trillion dollars and cuts essential services to Americans while handing billions of your tax dollars to the ultra-rich like Elon Musk" - ThreadSky

bubbaprog.lol • 5 days ago

who gives a shit? why is @chrismurphyct.bsky.social responding to this question with anything other than "The Republican budget plan increases the deficit by three trillion dollars and cuts essential services to Americans while handing billions of your tax dollars to the ultra-rich like Elon Musk"

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Sen. Chris Murphy says "it was a mistake" for Democrats to allow former President Biden to remain in the 2024 presidential race for as long as he did.

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prologueblack.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'll even take "the current president thinks groceries is an old-fashioned word"

nickhasthoughts.com•5 days ago

political instincts through the floor

davidrussellmoore.bsky.social•5 days ago

not about Murphy specifically—Biden's camp, like Anita Dunn, blocked reforms to the Democratic Party to make it more grassroots.

Reformers asked to increase state organizing budgets in December 2020, and progressives asked for years before to curb corporate influence, only to be killed off quietly.

tgshane.bsky.social•5 days ago

Trying to imagine how any Republican backbencher would forcefully, effectively handle this lay-up question about Trump and you can see why Dems (especially a simp like Murphy) are always on their heels at all times in every situation.

sumeahs.bsky.social•5 days ago

I think it’s good to admit to your mistakes IMO

texaskrusty.bsky.social•5 days ago

The first thing you are taught in comms is you don’t have to answer the question they ask.

Apparently only a handful of Ds seemed to have learned that.

yinkadoubledare.bsky.social•5 days ago

Or "Joe Biden was not a choice on the ballot in the election. Donald Trump is president and he is falling asleep at public events and babbling about groceries being a word no one has heard of. Which one is the actual problem here?"

twohandmath.bsky.social•5 days ago

The most important think I learned in school was to tall about the things I wanted to talk about and not talk about the things I didn't want to talk about. I am available to consult.

waythingsturn.bsky.social•5 days ago

I have a lot of respect for Chris Murphy — but you’re 100% right.

brienmcmullen.bsky.social•5 days ago

The media planned this week to be about Biden a long time ago.
They knew the book was coming out.
The book is written by a Sunday host.
It's just a manufactured scandal that nobody cares about.

ggg233.bsky.social•5 days ago

Its not manufactured. It's the reason why Trump is president. If we had put someone on the ticket in the spring who was good, we wouldn't have given Trump the opening after the debate to get back into the race.

brienmcmullen.bsky.social•5 days ago

It was Biden's decision and he's out of politics.
In what way is this an issue or a scandal in May 2025?
They are trying to say there was a cover up that still needs to be addressed, but where is the evidence of that?
And who in the general public cares about this issue?

ggg233.bsky.social•5 days ago

Be more objective. Its a MAJOR issue because Democratic l'ship including Senators knew that he was not capable of another term but did nothing to raise alarm even privately. Raises significant questions about their decision making. OP is correct about changing the narrative, but it IS a narrative.

ggg233.bsky.social•5 days ago

The evidence is clear - Clooney's the only one who raised it publicly at the time. The book has stories of staff seeing concerns but doing nothing. What were they thinking - they were going to hide Biden's failings until November?? Did they not think a debate-like issue would happen before then??

brienmcmullen.bsky.social•5 days ago

Everybody I talked to about this topic thought he was too old.
Everybody.
I never talked to anyone who didn't think that.
He was doing public speeches more than once per day. We could all see how he was doing.
It was all in public.
Senators are in not in charge of these decisions at all.

joshadhd.com•5 days ago

Because they're complicit, right? They stand to profit, they'll talk about anything but.

snowmein.bsky.social•5 days ago

Because he is trying out saying what he thinks not what consultants tell him to say.

0neub.bsky.social•5 days ago

Everyone is contributing to this narrative. Very telling.

summerbreeze0102.bsky.social•5 days ago

Guessing he wants to run in 2028 and he’s taking the Axios or Politico shit bait that saying this will make people trust the party again.

I have news for him. I still don’t trust the party cuz they’re helping Trump too much. 🤬

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