Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on Sunday that President Trump's attempts to “grab the control of power” threaten democracy and create a constitutional crisis with almost precedent.
“I think this is the most serious [constitutional] Certainly, since Watergate, the country has faced it. The president is trying to seize control of power, for corrupt purposes,” Murphy told ABC News' Martha Raddaz “this week.” Emphasised by MediaIte.
“This is a red alert moment when the whole country must understand that our democracy is at stake. Billionaires buy out government,” he later added.
Trump's allies and tech billionaire Elon Musk, the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has dispatched staff to multiple agencies in recent weeks to access databases that include the Department of Human Resources and Treasury. did.
Officials are trying to restrict access to Doge's data, and computer systems are either facing punitive behavior or pushing aside.
Top Career Treasury Department official David Lebrick recently retired after writing his head with Musk's allies in the government's payment system. Lebryk's departure followed a clash over a request from Doge for access to the payment system used by Treasury officials to pay the funds.
“The president wants to be able to determine how and where the money will be spent so that he can reward his political friends. He can punish his political enemies. . That's the viscerality of democracy,” Murphy said Sunday.
Former Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said last week that Democrats “stumbled and flat foot in” after the actions taken by Musk and Doji in the federal government.
“I'm going to keep attacking this. The Democrats are the only political opposition. They took three months to prepare for these actions. And they looked surprised and flattened. It looks like there is,” Kinzinger posted on social platform X.
Oka reached out to the White House for comments.
