{"id":2413408,"date":"2025-03-16T12:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T16:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-murphy-backs-schumer-but-adds-party-must-change-our-tactics-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T12:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T16:53:02","slug":"chris-murphy-backs-schumer-but-adds-party-must-change-our-tactics-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-murphy-backs-schumer-but-adds-party-must-change-our-tactics-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Murphy backs Schumer but adds party must \u2018change our tactics\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchris-murphy-backs-schumer-but-adds-party-must-change-our-tactics-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413408&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Chris Murphy backs Schumer but adds party must &lsquo;change our tactics&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2039514\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-murphy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chris Murphy\">Chris Murphy<\/a> (D-CT) on Sunday extended a cautious embrace of Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Chuck-Schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3348818\/democrats-silence-backing-schumer-trump-funding-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"amid fallout\">amid fallout<\/a> from the leader shrinking away from a government shutdown fight with Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on NBC&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em>, Murphy said Schumer &ldquo;certainly can lead this caucus.&rdquo; Pressed by host Kristen Welker if he was the &ldquo;best person,&rdquo; Murphy initially dodged the question.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3348726\/debt-ceiling-gop-unity-congress\/\">Debt ceiling tears at GOP unity after funding bill victory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3349188\/progressive-group-schumer-step-down-senate-democratic-leader\/\">Progressive group calls for Schumer to step down as Senate Democratic leader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3348818\/democrats-silence-backing-schumer-trump-funding-bill\/\">Democrats&#8217; silence is deafening when it comes to backing Schumer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;He can lead this caucus, but we need to have a conversation inside the caucus about whether we are willing to stand up to Republicans,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pressed a third time on whether Murphy retained confidence in Schumer, he responded: &ldquo;I still support Sen. Schumer as leader. But I think the only way that we are going to be effective as a caucus is if we change our tactics, and we have to have a conversation inside our caucus to make sure that we are going to do that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Murphy is a younger member of the caucus but a veteran senator who&rsquo;s emerged in President Donald Trump&rsquo;s second term as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3323243\/chris-murphy-democrats-anti-trump-messenger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"leading antagonist among Democrats\">leading antagonist among Democrats<\/a>. He joined the majority of the caucus last week in voting against a procedural motion for a stopgap Trump-backed funding measure that averted a government shutdown.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who has led the Democrats in bipartisan Senate talks to rein in gun violence, is introduced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, to speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Schumer paved the way for he and nine other Senate Democrats to side with Republicans and help garner the necessary votes to clear a filibuster, a move that fractured the party, prompted fierce blowback against the Democratic leader, and raised questions among the caucus about whether he was best fit to continue in his role.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3238783\/shell-shocked-democrats-struggle-mount-resistance-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>&lsquo;SHELL-SHOCKED&rsquo; DEMOCRATS STRUGGLE TO MOUNT A RESISTANCE TO TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Murphy suggested Democrats should present stronger roadblocks during daily legislative sessions, a power that the minority holds thanks to the 60-vote filibuster and arcane chamber rules that require the Senate to have agreement for virtually every item of business it conducts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have opportunities as a caucus to stand up and meet this moment,&rdquo; Murphy continued. &ldquo;And I think the American people are demanding that we do that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2039514\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2039514\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Murphy backs Schumer but adds party must \u2018change our tactics\u2019 Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Sunday extended a cautious embrace of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) amid fallout from the leader shrinking away from a government shutdown fight with Republicans. 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