Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) recently appeared on New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s “Interesting Times” podcast. The conversation touched on several big political topics, but one moment stood out — not for its insight, but for its sheer evasiveness.
Douthat asked Murphy whether he found it unfair for biological males to compete in girls’ sports. Murphy’s answer? “I don’t have girls.”
The facts are indisputable: Chris Murphy stands on the wrong side of one of the clearest-cut issues in American politics.
Instead of addressing a question that concerns millions of American families, the senator dismissed it based on the composition of his own household. When Douthat pressed him to show empathy for those who do have daughters, Murphy claimed that “lots of parents of girls” in Connecticut don’t
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