Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) was breathing fire on Thursday night. Irate over President Donald Trump’s decision to end 90% of the United States Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts, he warned that the U.S. is “barreling toward a full blown constitutional crisis” in a lengthy – and disingenuous – thread on X.
Considering that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency exposed USAID as little more than a global slush fund for progressive causes earlier this month, it takes an incredible amount of chutzpah to make such a dishonest statement.
In a sharp retort to Sen. Murphy’s misguided declaration, Republican strategist Matt Whitlock reminded him of what a true constitutional crisis actually looks like: “For 4 years the office of the President of the United States was controlled by unelected aides and political activists who were hiding an incapacitated president. THAT was a constitutional crisis. Cutting off taxpayer funding of trans surgeries in South America is not.”
Sen. Murphy is prone to hyperbole. Earlier this month, he told ABC News host Martha Raddatz that the U.S. was facing its most serious constitutional crisis “since Watergate.” He called it “a red-alert moment.”
“The president is attempting to seize control of power and for corrupt purposes,” he claimed. The president wants “to be able to reward his political friends and to punish his political enemies. That is the evisceration of democracy.”
Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) echoed Murphy comments several days later on NBC News’ Meet the Press. He claimed that the U.S. is on the “cusp of a constitutional crisis” and that “his party is ready to shut down the federal government” over Trump’s actions, including shuttering USAID and DOGE’s access to federal payment systems.
This is exactly what Democrats have been doing for decades, and they took this behavior to new extremes under the Biden administration. Now, shut out of power, they are lashing out in a desperate attempt to convince their base that Trump’s exercise of authority is somehow corrupt.
Yet, when pressed on these accusations, Democrats struggle to name even a single instance where Trump has violated the Constitution. This dynamic was on full display in the exchange below between CNN’s conservative commentator Scott Jennings and left-wing panelist Touré.
After Touré and another panelist claimed that Trump’s control over the military somehow “shredded” the Constitution, Jennings posed a simple yet revealing question: “How is Trump shredding the Constitution?”
The reaction? A mix of surprise and irritation, as if the very notion of being challenged was somehow off-limits.
“I mean, seriously? Do we have to give you a civics lesson?” Touré shot back. “That we have put all power in the executive branch, the legislative branch, the FBI. Now we’re in control of the military, silencing media. This is what you do in a dictatorship.”
Jennings asked, “Are you suggesting that the president is not the commander in chief of the military?”
Touré doubled down. “I am suggesting that the president is going to put in charge somebody who is going to contravene the Constitution. And at some near point,” he added condescendingly, “this conversation will look very silly for you because it will be obvious. And now you’re gaslighting, and when we get to the actual rubber of the road of this, it will be clear.”
When Jennings pressed him with follow-up questions, Touré showed no interest in continuing the discussion.
What even was that?
The Democratic Party has devolved into an anti-American faction of liars, propagandists, and, in some cases, outright thieves. They stand for nothing. They no longer even pretend to champion freedom or the working class. They make bold accusations yet refuse to be challenged on them. Obsessed solely with power, their efforts are entirely focused on destroying the Trump administration.
In just the past week, the Democratic National Committee reposted an AI-generated video of Donald Trump Jr. saying, “I honestly can’t imagine anyone in their right mind picking Ukraine as an ally. … Honestly, the US should have been sending weapons to Russia.” Mary Chastain covered this story here.
The anti-Trump leadership of the FBI’s New York field office withheld hundreds of pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents from Attorney General Pam Bondi after officials had repeatedly assured her the set was complete.
The New York Times published the names and photographs of 45 DOGE employees.
Joy Behar, co-host of ABC’s The View, slandered Elon Musk as a “enemy of the United States” who was “pro-Apartheid” as a child.
These incidents have all taken place in just the past few days, further proving how toxic the party has become. Their vendetta against Trump now completely defines them.
Unfortunately for them, Kash Patel and Dan Bongino now hold the keys to the FBI. They will be held accountable for some of their most shameful actions. And unlike Touré, who easily dismissed Scott Jennings’ questions, they won’t have the luxury of avoiding answers.
Elizabeth writes commentary for The Washington Examiner. She is an academy fellow at The Heritage Foundation and a member of the Editorial Board at The Sixteenth Council, a London think tank. Please follow Elizabeth on X or LinkedIn.
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