Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued President Donald Trump was attempting to turn the United States into a “totalitarian state.”

Host Jake Tapper said, “The New York Times reported that the private donor who gave President Trump $130 million to pay U.S. troops during the shutdown, that he is billionaire Timothy Mellon, and the donation appears to violate federal law. But what do you say to Americans who look at that and think it’s President Trump, not Democrats, making sure that troops get paid?”

Murphy said, “Well, I think one of the reasons that President Trump is refusing to negotiate is because he likes…

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