WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash to react to the brutal killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. Appearing on the program directly after Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino, Murphy blasted the Trump administration's shameless attempts to justify the shooting without evidence. Murphy linked ICE's lawlessness and deliberate provocations of chaos and violence to President Trump's larger project of cracking down on Americans' free speech and subverting our democracy. He also urged his Senate colleagues to demand accountability and vote against providing new funding for the Department...