Senator Chris Murphy, De Kun. He argues that President Donald Trump and Ministry of Governmental efficiency (Doge) Leader Elon Musk's actions are “illegal bouts of power”, which raises a “constitutional crisis”.
In an interview with the National Public Radio, Murphy condemned the efforts made by the administration and budget office in the White House to freeze the already accredited financing by Congress, as well as the Trump administration that moves to review and restructuring and may cancel parts of United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Where thousands of federal employees face layoffs, and the programs funded by the American taxpayer are suspended all over the world.
Murphy said that Democrats should not support a “one candidate” appointed by Trump and “he should not give them an urgent operation for any candidates until this crisis passes.”
“I am concerned that the American public will not rise against this power seizure if they see the Democrats cooperate with the Republicans in the Senate Hall regularly to pass legislation or support,” Murphy said. “This is the primary thing that should happen here. The residents of this country need to start appearing. We saw that this happens this weekend. I saw the city halls for my colleagues packed in the gills. It should have 500 people.
Senator Chris Murphy, D-Kun, speaks after the weekly policy of Democrats at the American Capitol building on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Core / Getti Emiez)
Al -Senator said that his Republican colleagues should feel pressure to speak against the administration.
“The focus on Republicans should be at the present time and why they were completely silent,” Murphy said. “I do not want all the pressure on the democrats to know this when Republicans must pay attention to the same degree of democracy as Democrats do.”
“The President of the United States has no power to suspend all federal programs,” Murphy said. “Certainly, he does not have the authority to suspend these programs, then he decides alone, that is, the entities that get money and which no. His enemies, to send money only to the universal states and not to democratic countries.
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President Donald Trump, accompanied by US National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, is receiving a question from a correspondent during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Oval Office on February 4, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Murphy Trump also accused the court's orders of refusing to re -spend. For the American Agency for International Development, Senator said that Trump “went somewhat to close the entire agency, as he exceeded 60 % of people in many offices, and he told the employees yesterday that none of them should appear to work.”
“This is unconstitutional,” said Senator, equaling that Trump “may guess” that the US Supreme Court will give him power to close the agencies.
Illon Musk heads the Ministry of Government efficiency. (Photo by Anna Monicak/Getty Erch)
“I do not think that we must let excessive exaggeration sit on the side, because when people hear the President of the United States, he says that There is corruption at the United States Agency for International Development. When they hear Elon Musk say it is a criminal institution, and it is not filled with either the media or democrats, they believe this. Murphy said: “I mean, this is just an explicit lie, so the president and his billionaires from his advisers are literally taking things out of the air because they want to control spending on the federal government so that they can reward their friends and Ilon Musk friends and punish their enemies in order to suppress the political opposition and destroy democracy in this The country. This is why this is a constitutional crisis.
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“At the present time, our priority is to ensure that democracy escapes this attack on the constitution,” Murphy said. “I can only talk about myself, the illegal seizures of power have been joined. Among these nominations and legislation that we do not need in the end.
