The Connecticut senator who led a 15-hour filibuster demanding action on gun control in the wake of the Orlando massacre appeared on Morning Joe Friday to discuss why he took such an extreme measure.
Co-host Joe Scarborough began by asking how Murphy intended to “turn great political stage-craft into legislation that makes a difference, that reach[es] out to enough Republicans and people in the middle to make a difference?”
Murphy replied that “because this wasn’t just a ‘show filibuster’ — we actually stopped a bill from reaching the floor — there are negotiations between Republicans and Democrats to try and come up with some compromise language we can both support.”
“Is that possible, senator?” Scarborough asked. “Because it seems, and I say this cautiously, there seems to be some winds of change — Bill O’Reilly came out the other night, and of course you have to negotiate our national security with the NRA.”
Watch the entire segment below via MSNBC.
