As a teen who follows politics and watches cable news 24/7, I understand that most other teens don’t follow politics. Most of my friends don’t even know who Chris Murphy is or even what he’s running for.
But I do. I have met him personally, and I support him all the way. Or at least as much as one can without being old enough to vote.
When I met him, the one word that came to my mind was chill. He was laidback and talked like just any regular dude. He was an average Joe at a deli counter, who happened to be running for Senator. The way politicians should be, open and straightforward. Something that’s sadly a rarity nowadays.
For anyone whom I’ve lost already, and has no idea who Chris Murphy is, I’ll tell you. Chris Murphy is a respected Democrat with three terms of experience representing Connecticut’s fifth district in the House of Representatives.
In the State Senate, Murphy was an early supporter of gay marriage, championing legislation permitting civil unions in 2005. On the federal level, Murhpy helped reform congressional ethics; a bipartisan office now ensures that our representatives avoid corruption.
His opponent, Linda McMahon, may be able to outwrestle him, but he has the political experience she’d kill for.
If you haven’t already seen one of her many out-of-pocket advertisements, Linda McMahon is the millionaire CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. Yes that’s right, the women who brought the world wrestling TV is now aims to be your United States Senator.
Scared yet? You should be.
For me, it’s not the fact she is a multimillionaire or a successful businesswoman, I actually applaud that. I’m happy she was able to rake in all that cash. I just don’t like that she’s trying to buy her way into office.
According to the New York Times, McMahon has spent over $65 million campaigning to be elected since 2010. You know how much you could buy with 65 million dollars? She could feed an impoverished country, but instead she’s buying her own throne.
Murphy is literally being drowned out in big money by a ratio of five to one.
I wish the phrase “you can’t have everything” applied here, but sadly I guess if you are as loaded as Linda McMahon you can have anything you want.
Using her unlimited piggybank, McMahon is obscuring Murphy’s superior intelligence and experience with deceitful attack ads.
Lots and lots of negative ads. They’re everywhere.. You can’t escape them, wherever you go, they are there.
These false ads, claiming everything from “he’s in the banks’ pockets” to “he didn’t even show up to meetings when he was in Congress,” are making it impossible for him to get his point across.
Personally, I’d sleep better knowing that our representative for the next 6 years empathized with Main Street. It feels unlikely this person would be a multimillionaire living in a mansion.
