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Dem. Sen. Chris Murphy was ripped connected societal media connected Thursday greeting implicit a station wherever helium explained however helium stayed up astir of the nighttime drinking Red Bull due to the fact that ideology is "on the line" if Democrats bash not halt Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts.
"After taking the 2-5am displacement connected the Senate level past nighttime for our overnight protest, got 2 hours of crappy slumber connected my bureau sofa and close backmost astatine it today," Murphy posted connected X. "We don’t rest. Keep going. Democracy connected the line."
Murphy, whose station was accompanied by a photograph of a Red Bull vigor portion and video explaining his cause, was connected the Senate level precocious Wednesday nighttime attempting to artifact the confirmation of Office of Management and Budget nominee Russ Vought until the "crisis" of Musk’s DOGE crackdown "passes."
Murphy’s station connected societal media was wide mocked by conservatives who questioned Murphy’s motives connected the Senate floor.
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"So brave," Fox News contributor Lisa Boothe sarcastically posted connected X.
"Area antheral has to enactment overnight 1 time," New York Post newsman Jon Levine posted connected X.
"Stunning and brave," the Trump White House accelerated effect account posted connected X.
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"Imagine bragging astir doing thing that fundamentally each assemblage pupil has done astatine immoderate point," blimpish writer John Hasson posted connected X.
"Men utilized to spell to warfare and present they outcry astir moving overnight and station their small sweetener escaped reddish bulls similar they’re conflict scars," blimpish commentator Ashley St. Clair posted connected X.
"These clowns are BEYOND pathetic," video writer Nick Sortor posted connected X. "This is truthful embarrassing."
"The purest signifier of emotion tin beryllium recovered successful the narration betwixt Chris Murphy and a camera," erstwhile Trump run elder advisor Tim Murtaugh posted connected X.
"Overwhelmed astatine your level of Heroism for ‘democracy’ portion your constituents successful CT person $1300 electrical bills," vigor big Tony Bruno posted connected X. "You're a worthless clown!"
Despite efforts from Murphy and his chap Democrats, Vought was confirmed arsenic the caller White House fund main precocious Thursday night.
In an Instagram unrecorded post, Murphy explained to his followers that helium was not playing the hero.
"I'm not trying to plead hardship here, right?" Murphy said. "All I did was enactment up late."
Murphy added, "So yeah, the USAID workers, the home unit workers, the teachers, those are my heroes. But you guys are my heroes too. Because I get paid to bash this job, I asked. I raised my hand. I said, ‘make maine a United States Senator, I privation to support democracy.’ So I volunteered for this job. I get a paycheck. But the radical that are showing up astatine these protests, the radical that are going to amusement up astatine these protests, you got different worldly going connected successful your life. You don't person to basal up and combat for democracy, but you are due to the fact that you deliberation the infinitesimal is important, and you are contempt the information that they are doing things to effort to marque you enactment home, effort to marque you acrophobic of speaking up."
Murphy's Senate code amid the Trump administration's targeting of USAID aft Musk's DOGE efforts person resulted successful the bureau being efficaciously unopen down implicit what the medication argues is wasteful spending.
"For decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been unaccountable to taxpayers arsenic it funnels monolithic sums of wealth to the ridiculous — and, successful galore cases, malicious — favored projects of entrenched bureaucrats, with next-to-no oversight," the White House said Monday.
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