Sen Chris Murphy declares a “Constitutional Crisis!”

NEW: Sen Chris Murphy declares a “Constitutional Crisis!” over President Trump and DOGE auditing the federal government.

The torrent of lies here in two minutes may set a world record:

"This is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power and for corrupt purposes."

"The president wants 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 evisceration of democracy."

"You stand that next to the wholesale endorsement of political violence, with the pardons given to every single January 6th writer, including the most violent, who beat police officers over the head with baseball bats. And you can see what he's trying to do here he is trying to crush his opposition by making them afraid of losing federal funding, by making them afraid of physical violence."

"And so, yes, this is a red alert moment when this entire country has to understand that our democracy is at risk. And for what? The billionaire takeover of government? I'm sure we'll talk about this, but Elon Musk is inside our federal agencies."

Murphy is making a bid for the most loathsome liar in all of Washington DC.

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