U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is using legislative and media channels to aggressively raise his visibility as a Capitol Hill critic of President Donald Trump’s policies and performance.
The Connecticut senator introduced a bill co-sponsored by 15 Democratic senators, including his Connecticut colleague Sen.
Separately, Murphy in an appearance on MSNBC last night insisted that the president”™s foreign policy has alienated American allies to the point that “people feel embarrassed to be associated with the United States.” Murphy also pointedly criticized Republican Congressman Devin Nunes of California, the House Intelligence Committee chairman, for defending Trump”™s tweets accusing former President Barack Obama of wiretapping his telephones, adding “the reputation of the entire country at risk the longer that this floats out there.”