{"id":2436186,"date":"2025-05-18T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/murphy-says-one-cant-defend-democratic-partys-2024-actions-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T14:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:24:15","slug":"murphy-says-one-cant-defend-democratic-partys-2024-actions-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/murphy-says-one-cant-defend-democratic-partys-2024-actions-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Murphy says one \u2018can\u2019t defend\u2019 Democratic Party\u2019s 2024 actions &#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\">24<\/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%2Fmurphy-says-one-cant-defend-democratic-partys-2024-actions-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=2436186&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>Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) criticized the Democratic Party&#8217;s support for President Joe Biden&#8217;s 2024 reelection bid in a recent NBC interview. He argued that party leadership ignored voter desires for a younger candidate, which contributed to the party&#8217;s electoral challenges. Murphy pointed to Biden&#8217;s visible decline during the campaign and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shock-wh-aides-admit-biden-only-dependably-engaged-25-percent-of-day\/\" title=\"Shock: WH Aides Admit Biden Only &#039;Dependably Engaged&#039; 25 Percent of Day\">disastrous presidential debate<\/a> as key factors in the party&#8217;s failure. He stated that the Democrats made a mistake by not responding to the public&#8217;s call for a new candidate sooner, ultimately leading to a lost opportunity in the election against President Donald Trump. Despite acknowledging Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline, Murphy maintained that he personally did not perceive meaningful changes in Biden during his presidency. Murphy warned that the Democratic Party needs to learn from past mistakes to remain competitive in future elections, expressing urgency for reform in party tactics.  <\/p>\n<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\">Murphy says one &lsquo;can&rsquo;t defend&rsquo; Democratic Party&rsquo;s 2024 actions<\/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_2120619\" 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<\/a> (D-CT) placed blame at the feet of the Democratic Party for supporting former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s bid for reelection last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >arguing party leaders&#038;nbsp<\/a>;blinded by loyalty failed to listen to voters who wanted a &ldquo;younger&rdquo; candidate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During a Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/sen-chris-murphy-says-you-can-t-defend-what-the-democratic-party-did-in-2024-full-interview-239840837707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">interview<\/a> on NBC&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em>, Murphy reflected on Biden&rsquo;s reelection campaign, which quickly turned into a nightmare for his party. Questions about Biden&rsquo;s decline surged following his disastrous presidential debate last June, leading him to exit the field the following month. The late decision left his replacement at the top of the ticket, former Vice President Kamala Harris, just months to craft her own abbreviated campaign, which some Democrats blamed for her loss to President Donald Trump last November.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3412793\/cory-booker-messaging-silo-outreach-house-democrats\/\">Cory Booker breaks messaging &lsquo;silo&rsquo; with outreach to House Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3412461\/bill-cassidy-senate-help-charter-schools\/\">Bill Cassidy holds event on expanding access to charter schools after introducing bill to cut &#8216;red tape&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3412282\/senate-quashes-democratic-push-trump-deportations-el-salvador\/\">Senate quashes Democratic push for info on Trump deportations to El Salvador<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Murphy said Sunday that Democratic chiefs should have listened to voters who wanted a younger candidate to run for the country&rsquo;s highest office, as opposed to Biden, 82, who had shown visible signs of decline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I admit that by 2024 the American public had made up their mind, right, that they wanted the Democratic Party to nominate somebody new, and it was absolutely a mistake for the party to not listen to those voters,&rdquo; Murphy told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/NBC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NBC<\/a> host Kristen Welker.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They wanted somebody younger,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;It was a mistake for Democrats to not listen to the voters earlier and set up a process that would have gotten us in a position where we could have been more competitive that fall.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Murphy pinned blame broadly on Democratic leadership, saying he thinks &ldquo;we all bear responsibility.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think, you know, we maybe didn&rsquo;t listen as early as we should have, in part, because we have immense loyalty to this man who had led this country out of a pandemic, who had been maybe the most prodigious legislator as a president,&rdquo; the Connecticut lawmaker continued. &ldquo;But ultimately, in retrospect, you can&rsquo;t defend what the Democratic Party did because we are stuck with a madman&mdash;with a corrupt president in the Oval Office&mdash;and we should have given ourselves a better chance to win.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He was also pressed on recent accounts detailing the extent of Biden&rsquo;s cognitive decline while in the White House, most prominently detailed in a book by CNN&rsquo;s Jake Tapper and <em>Axios&rsquo;s<\/em> Alex Thompson set to be released later this month. Audio of a 2023 interview with special counsel Robert Hur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3414631\/leaked-audio-biden-robert-hur-interview-ex-president-struggled-remember-key-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">leaked last week <\/a>has further revived interest in the former president&rsquo;s mental decline during the final years of his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>However, while Murphy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/14\/murphy-biden-cognitive-decline-2028-00349025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a><em>  Politico<\/em> last week that there was &ldquo;no doubt&rdquo; that Biden suffered from cognitive decline in office, the senator said Sunday that he never personally noticed changes in Biden.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I saw a president who was in control,&rdquo; Murphy told Welker. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s my experience.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His comments come after he told<em> Politico <\/em>that &ldquo;there&rsquo;s no doubt about it,&rdquo; when pressed on whether he believed in Biden&rsquo;s cognitive decline. &ldquo;The debate is whether it was enough that it compromised his ability to act as chief executive,&rdquo; Murphy said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3409863\/steven-spielberg-biden-mental-decline-cover-up-jake-tapper-alex-thompson-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">recent report<\/a> by Tapper and Thompson suggested that Biden seemed to have a sprinkling of good days and bad days while in office. Allies said he operated up to standard at times, while seeming confused and dazed in other moments, both in private and in public.<\/p>\n<p>A prolific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3376351\/chris-murphy-announces-8-million-dollar-haul-speculation-builds-2028-ambitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic fundraiser<\/a> rumored to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220326\/five-democrats-prime-position-face-party-2028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">presidential contender<\/a> in 2028, Murphy&rsquo;s remarks this week come after he has frequently criticized the Democratic Party&rsquo;s strategy last year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our party has made mistakes, and if we don&rsquo;t learn from those mistakes,&rdquo; Murphy told the<a href=\"https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2025\/04\/28\/chris-murphy-ct-emergency-message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>  CT Mirror <\/em><\/a>in late April. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re cooked.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s not going to be an election in 2028 if we don&rsquo;t win this fight right now,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;It seems kind of silly to think about anything other than the emergency that exists today.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Murphy expressed particular alarm over his party&rsquo;s tactics after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) opted to avert a government shutdown this spring.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I still support Sen. Schumer as leader,&rdquo; Murphy<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3349307\/chris-murphy-chuck-schumer-senate-democrats-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> said<\/a> on NBC News&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> in March. &ldquo;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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden meets with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., about gun control at the White House, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3349307\/chris-murphy-chuck-schumer-senate-democrats-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CHRIS MURPHY BACKS SCHUMER BUT ADDS PARTY MUST &lsquo;CHANGE OUR TACTICS&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In other comments this spring, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3363604\/democrats-status-quo-party-trump-autocracy-chris-murphy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">added<\/a>, &ldquo;We have become the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-have-become-status-quo-party-that-risks-trump-autocracy-murphy-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Democrats have become \u2018status quo party\u2019 that risks Trump \u2018autocracy\u2019: ... - Washington Examiner\">status quo party<\/a>, and so we have reverted to defending democracy instead of explaining how we are going to break it down and reform it.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have not been a pugilistically populist party, where we name the people who have power and we build very easy-to-understand solutions about how to transfer power to people who don&rsquo;t have it,&rdquo;&nbsp; Murphy concluded.&nbsp;<\/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_2120619\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2120619\"}});<\/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>Murphy criticizes the Democratic Party for backing Biden&#8217;s 2024 run, saying they ignored voters&#8217; desire for a younger candidate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2436187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Murphy-Biden.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33399,32923,8138,33017,32076],"class_list":["post-2436186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-elections","tag-democratic-party","tag-murphy","tag-political-analysis","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Murphy-Biden.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436186"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436190,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436186\/revisions\/2436190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2436187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}