David SMith

Murphy: “I think young people do finally believe that the Democratic Party is just as corrupt as the Republican Party is… We’ve got to be more deliberate about talking to men about what their post-feminism identity can be.”

Murphy: “What is most concerning is we may not have a democracy in a year from now. Nothing really matters if the opposition party can never win an election… If the United States vanishes as a functioning democracy, so does our power in the world.”

Murphy: “Nuclear secrets in exchange for cash. Imagine the world we are living in today.”

Murphy: “The Saudis are playing a game. They are sending money to Donald Trump… Their primary ask is to be able to enrich uranium inside of the country.”

Murphy: “Donald Trump’s only measure of leadership is how often he’s in the news.”

Murphy on 2024 election: “The argument to preserve democracy fell flat because people looked around and said, ‘What is in this version of democracy for me? This version of democracy seems rigged.’… Our party needs to be about unrigging the economy and unrigging the government.”

Murphy on Democrats: “We have power to force debates and conversations in the country. Sometimes we pretend or act as if we are powerless.”

Murphy: If we don’t stop foreign policy corruption, “it feels like a permission slip for every other country to turn their foreign policy into an enrichment scheme for the regime as well”.

At Center for American Progress. Senator Chris Murphy: Donald Trump is trying to operationalise the federal government to reward loyalty and punish disloyalty. “That is the real story over and over again of how democracies die.” https://t.co/wCQQCugOdR

'We in the cultural sector must stand up to Trump’s attacks – if not now, when?' Gus Casely-Hayford in The Guardian: https://t.co/wDl2PvBpQD

RT @WhiteHouse: "I just finished speaking, by telephone, with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia. The call lasted approximately one hour a…

RT @AllisonSchuste: Stiff competition for WHCA president this year… Leavitt for President posters hanging in the press briefing room: http…

'"Saying Trump is dangerous is not enough": Bernie Sanders on Biden, billionaires – and why the Democrats failed.' From The Guardian: https://t.co/C29yNDBfXP

Leavitt on aluminum and steel tariffs: “The president will be signing that executive order today.”

Leavitt on MAHA report: “There were formatting errors and those errors were updated.”

Leavitt on reports of Israeli forces opening fire near aid centre in Gaza: “The administration is aware of those reports and looking into the veracity of them.” Unlike many in the media, we don’t take the word of Hamas.

Leavitt: “Any violence against Jewish Americans will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”