{"id":2593883,"date":"2026-04-22T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-murphy-backtracks-on-sarcasm-cheering-on-iran-but-this-isnt-the-first-time-his-reprehensible-words-have-come-back-to-haunt-him\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:34:59","slug":"chris-murphy-backtracks-on-sarcasm-cheering-on-iran-but-this-isnt-the-first-time-his-reprehensible-words-have-come-back-to-haunt-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-murphy-backtracks-on-sarcasm-cheering-on-iran-but-this-isnt-the-first-time-his-reprehensible-words-have-come-back-to-haunt-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Murphy Backtracks on &#8216;Sarcasm&#8217; Cheering On Iran, But This Isn&#8217;t The First Time His Reprehensible Words Have Come Back to Haunt Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/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-backtracks-on-sarcasm-cheering-on-iran-but-this-isnt-the-first-time-his-reprehensible-words-have-come-back-to-haunt-him%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=2593883&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>the article surveys likely candidates for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination and zeroes in on Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, presenting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-anti-americanism-is-no-longer-tolerable\/\" title=\"Democrats&#039; Anti...Americanism Is No Longer Tolerable\">highly critical view<\/a> of his record and recent statements. It frames Murphy as a possible contender despite a relatively undistinguished career in the Senate, arguing that the field will include many minor candidates and that Murphy could still attract attention.<\/p>\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It lists obvious front-runners (Newsom, AOC, Harris redux, Buttigieg, pritzker, and others) but notes the field is not a strong \u201cdeep bench,\u201d suggesting several lesser-known candidates will test the waters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Murphy is singled out as a potential candidate, described as lacking notable substantive achievements since his 2012 election, yet portrayed as someone who could gain attention in a crowded race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece focuses on a controversy in which Murphy appeared to root for iran in a Middle East conflict, later calling it sarcasm. It discusses his original comment praising iranian propaganda as \u201cawesome,\u201d the backlash it generated, and his subsequent explanations on Fox News and X (Twitter).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It includes a sequence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> and commentary from other figures (e.g.,tweets and media coverage) to illustrate the controversy and it&#8217;s reception.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The author characterizes Murphy\u2019s remarks as part of a broader strategy to stay in the public eye and influence the 2028 race, implying a \u201cpermission structure\u201d used by parts of the left to push boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece also references other provocative statements Murphy has made and suggests that Murphy\u2019s rhetoric could be leveraged in political discourse, even linking it to sensational events.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article contains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-mens-hockey-wins-first-gold-medal-since-1980-miracle-on-ice\/\" title=\"USA Men&#039;s Hockey Wins First Gold Medal Since 1980 &#039;Miracle on Ice&#039;\">multiple embedded media elements<\/a> (tweets, Instagram embeds, and promotional blocks) and promotional content urging readers to favor The Western Journal as a source.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In its conclusion, the author downplays the likelihood that Murphy inspired any real violence, while continuing to portray Murphy as using controversial rhetoric as his stock-in-trade for 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Note: The summary reflects the article\u2019s framing and claims as presented by the source, including its critical stance toward murphy and its use of social media excerpts and promotional content.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>We all know who the front-runners are for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028 &mdash; Newsom, AOC, Harris redux, Buttigieg, Pritzker, that bald guy who likes flirting with sedition and was once an astronaut.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s not a &ldquo;deep bench,&rdquo; as pundits too prone to sports metaphors like to put it, which means there will be plenty of minor candidates that will litter the field for at least a little while to see if they catch on.<\/p>\n<p>One of them is almost certainly Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, who&rsquo;s been busy since the early morning hours of Nov. 6, 2024 &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/beautiful-joy-reid-melts-msnbc-becomes-clear-trump-will-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when it became clear<\/a> that we weren&rsquo;t going to have a Momala-in-chief &mdash; trying to convince Democratic voters outside of the Northeast that he really exists and actually holds that position and isn&rsquo;t just some fake senator your <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >asinine political wonk friend drops<\/a> into a conversation to prove you don&rsquo;t know your stuff.<\/p>\n<p>What does he stand for? What do you want him to stand for? He doesn&rsquo;t have any especial substantive accomplishments in the upper chamber since getting elected to his seat in 2012, and the rest of his political career is similarly undistinguished. But that&rsquo;s never stopped anyone looking for the Democratic nomination in 2028 (see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/newsom-gets-absolutely-wrecked-tries-defend-114-million-unfinished-butterfly-bridge-claims-fl-tx-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virtually every name I checked<\/a> in the first paragraph), and if someone who gets attention is what you want, someone who gets attention is what you&rsquo;ll get, American left.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this has led to a sequence of events in which 1) Murphy pretended to root for Iran against the United States in the current Middle East conflict, 2) got called out for it, and 3) said his words were obvious &ldquo;sarcasm&rdquo; and shouldn&rsquo;t be taken at face value.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>This would be bad enough if it were the first time Murphy&rsquo;s been through the I-didn&rsquo;t-mean-it-that-way rodeo. Unfortunately, he&rsquo;s ridden the bull of dim word choice at inopportune times before &mdash; and just seven months ago, days before the assassination of Charlie Kirk, where his poor word choice indicated he wouldn&rsquo;t mind seeing some, you know, <em>direct action<\/em> taken against the right. Hint hint.<\/p>\n<p>But the Iran thing, first. Here&rsquo;s Murphy reposting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/iran-blows-us-capitol-disturbing-new-propaganda-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran-backed propaganda<\/a> claiming that &ldquo;26 shadow fleet vessels bypass US blockade&rdquo; of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-senator-chris-murphy-cheers-iranians-successfully-bypass-us-blockade-awesome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had one word for this<\/a>: &ldquo;awesome.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">awesome <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nRj1trI3rF\">https:\/\/t.co\/nRj1trI3rF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Murphy &#128999; (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisMurphyCT\/status\/2046345472915206646?\">April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, even if this wasn&rsquo;t Iranian propaganda, it certainly shouldn&rsquo;t have been &ldquo;awesome,&rdquo; at least for a sitting U.S. senator. But spoilers, it was actually Iranian propaganda:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&lsquo;IRANIAN PROPAGANDA&rsquo;: Despite reports of 26 Iranian &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraines-naval-drones-strike-russian-oil-tankers-in-the-black-sea-off-the-turkish-coast\/\" title=\"Ukraine\u2019s naval drones strike Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast\">shadow fleet&#038;rdquo<\/a>; vessels slipping past U.S. lines, latest intelligence shows no ships have left Iranian ports or breached the blockade.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So that was just Iranian propaganda?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, absolutely.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/edIoXDXDM0\">pic.twitter.com\/edIoXDXDM0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX &amp; Friends (@foxandfriends) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foxandfriends\/status\/2046578898763194760?\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oh well. Mistakes happen. After all, what could possibly go wrong by echoing the statement of a guy whose <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AliVaez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X feed<\/a> is little more than echoing every anti-American, pro-Iranian narrative there is, at least at the moment?<\/p>\n<p>But let&rsquo;s throw that out and focus on the &ldquo;awesome&rdquo; part, because rooting for the country that is involved in armed conflict with your own while you represent that country brings us a little close to using the T-word:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Democrat Senator Chris Murphy Just Showed He Is Truly a Traitor to the United States<\/p>\n<p>He actually replied &ldquo;awesome&rdquo; to the news that 26 Iranian shadow fleet vessels breached the US naval blockade.<\/p>\n<p>We all knew he was rooting for Iran, but it&rsquo;s disgusting to see him do it so&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x6iLxMCt80\">pic.twitter.com\/x6iLxMCt80<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/2046563246673375478?\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, wouldn&rsquo;t you know it: Chris Murphy would like to apologize that you didn&rsquo;t get the joke.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Twitter&rsquo;s become kind of a cesspool, and I should probably give up on sarcasm on Twitter, obviously,&rdquo; Murphy told Fox News Tuesday, using the former name for X. Instead, he said he was saying &ldquo;awesome&rdquo; because Trump had &ldquo;bungled&rdquo; and &ldquo;mismanaged&rdquo; a conflict which has crippled Iran&rsquo;s military complex in a way that Democrat administrations couldn&rsquo;t through 12 years of negotiations:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy doesn&rsquo;t say he has any regrets after furious backlash to his X post calling reports of Iranian ships slipping past the U.S. naval blockade &ldquo;awesome.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I guess I just have to be more careful about sarcasm on Twitter,&rdquo; Murphy exclusively told&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MB6nuZjY9V\">pic.twitter.com\/MB6nuZjY9V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2046610132105085215?\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On X itself, Murphy was a little less apologetic with his sorry-you-rubes-didn&rsquo;t-understand-the-joke schtick.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ok Twitter, I can&rsquo;t believe I need to clarify this but obviously Trump&rsquo;s bungled mismanagement of this war is not &lsquo;awesome&rsquo;. As I have said a million times here, it&rsquo;s a disaster and he should end the war immediately. My was something called &lsquo;sarcasm,&#8217;&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ok Twitter, I can&rsquo;t believe I need to clarify this but obviously Trump&rsquo;s bungled mismanagement of this war is not &ldquo;awesome&rdquo;. As I have said a million times here, it&rsquo;s a disaster and he should end the war immediately. My was something called &ldquo;sarcasm&rdquo;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aL9vSEzZC1\">https:\/\/t.co\/aL9vSEzZC1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Murphy &#128999; (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisMurphyCT\/status\/2046590235643896291?\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sure, it&rsquo;s our fault that we didn&rsquo;t get the point that he was just ironically rooting for Iran, our geopolitical enemy. He didn&rsquo;t choose his words wrong; you just chose not to interpret them in the most favorable possible light.<\/p>\n<p>Apropos of nothing, of course, I give you comments he made just days before the assassination of Charlie Kirk last September in which he said that leftists were &ldquo;in a war right now to save this country,&rdquo; had &ldquo;to be willing to do whatever is necessary in order to save the country,&rdquo; including &ldquo;fight[ing] fire with fire&rdquo; and &ldquo;blowing up norms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Senator Chris Murphy, yesterday:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re in a war right now to save this country. And so you have to be willing to do whatever is necessary in order to save the country.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bdj1rlsDT5\">pic.twitter.com\/bdj1rlsDT5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/1965861020938940576?\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DObWhizAQod\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DObWhizAQod\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post d by Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, did Chris Murphy inspire alleged Kirk killer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deep-dive-trump-charlie-kirks-shooters-linked-furry-fetish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyler Robinson<\/a> to shoot a conservative activist and father of two merely for his views? No, probably not. Is he part of what the left likes to call a &ldquo;permission structure&rdquo; to push the boundaries of acceptable human behavior far beyond what a civilized society would accept as decent, all in the name of affecting change through chaos and evil? Absolutely &mdash; and not only that, it&rsquo;s pretty much the only thing he&rsquo;s running on so far in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>But when those chickens inevitably come home to roost, Murphy hides behind the fa&ccedil;ade of one big &ldquo;J\/K!&rdquo; Sorry that you didn&rsquo;t get what he meant because you were listening to what he claimed he meant. Right.<\/p>\n<p>Remember this disgrace the next time Murphy pulls this stunt, because I assure you, this won&rsquo;t be the last occasion. 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