Democratic Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy in Washington on June 23, 2022. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS/MAXPPP
A pro gun control fighter
Ten years of waiting and finally a success, at an unlikely time. Sen. Chris Murphy, 48, was enormously relieved after Congress passed legislation on June 25 tightening controls on firearms sales. The Democrat-elect led this bipartisan action — a rarity in American politics — in response to the racist massacre at a Buffalo grocery store that killed ten people, and then the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, in which nineteen children were killed.
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“But what are we doing here? “Chris Murphy was moved to Senate counties after the tragedy. The senator has become a fierce supporter of legal restrictions on the carrying of guns in his Connecticut state since the 2012 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton that left 26 dead. A fight against the wind. On June 23, the Supreme Court upheld the right to carry a firearm outside the home, regardless of the state.
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A foreign policy expert
In 2013, Chris Murphy joined the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, where he quickly made a name for himself. He opposed the idea of US attacks in Syria against Bashar al-Assad’s regime to eliminate its chemical weapons program. Barack Obama finally gave in. In December 2013, he found himself on a stage alongside Republican John McCain on Kyiv’s Maidan Square to address a crowd of pro-European Ukrainian protesters. Chris Murphy learned from John McCain (died 2018) how influential a senator can be in foreign policy. In 2015, he backed the signing of the Iran nuclear deal while many Democrats grimaced.
A theorist hostile to endless wars
In a 2017 report titled “Rethinking the battlefield,” Chris Murphy recommended that American power should not rely solely on its military capabilities, but invest heavily – $50 billion more – in its diplomacy. Chris Murphy wanted to distance himself from Donald Trump’s “medieval worldview”, spoke of crisis prevention and development aid and warned of endless external wars like the one in Afghanistan. As early as 2007, Chris Murphy put political pressure on the private paramilitary company Blackwater for its lucrative contracts and role in Afghanistan, which were subcontracted from the United States.
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A possible contender for the White House
Joe Biden and Chris Murphy have the same foreign policy approach. That’s one of the reasons Murphy’s name has been floated as a possible Secretary of State. Officially, Joe Biden wants to represent himself in 2024. The subject of his succession within the Democratic Party therefore remains taboo despite his 79 years. But Chris Murphy’s name has been around for years, even if he doesn’t enjoy the popularity of veteran leftist Bernie Sanders. If the victory is played in the center, he could apply for the nomination. Elected to his state at age 25, to the House of Representatives at 33, and to the Senate at 39, Chris Murphy has already enjoyed an impressive rise. How far ?