A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As the country absorbs the shock of the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, President Trump is politically on the defensive. He sent his border czar there and somehow sympathized with the Democratic governor of Minnesota. Meanwhile, Republicans and top ICE officials are panicking about the situation. Democratic senators pledge to oppose funding the Department of Homeland Security in the absence of major restrictions on ICE. Will they hold out? We spoke to Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut. He offers a bracing indictment of Trump-ICE anarchy, bluntly asserting that we are at a “breaking point” that will decide whether “we condone the murder of our own citizens by the federal government. Murphy too explains how Trump is losing the immigration debate, details what Democrats should demand to restrict ICE, and why it would be disastrous—for his party and the country—if the Democrats give in at such a critical moment. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.
