MURPHY ON MEET THE PRESS: THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SHOULD BE A BIG TENT PARTY FOCUSED ON COMMON GOOD CAPITALISM

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined Meet the Press with Ryan Nobles to discuss the future of the Democratic Party. Murphy argued voters want the party to be bolder in taking on concentrated corporate power and creating a "common good capitalism" that restores power to workers.

Murphy contended that Tuesday's primary election results in New York City are further proof that voters are not satisfied with the status quo: "I think that it's actually a sign of a party that is alive and growing when there's a contest of ideas inside the party. So I'm not a Democratic Socialist, but I do believe that the Democratic Party has been historically way too tim...