Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday dismissed President Trump’s recent crackdown on Washington, D.C., as a “stunt.”

“What's happening here in Washington, D.C., is just a stunt. Donald Trump didn't like the fact that the walls were closing in on him, that his own base was questioning why he wouldn't release the Epstein files, why he was protecting very powerful people,” Murphy told NBC News’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.”

“He didn't want to talk anymore about the fact that our health care system is about to collapse because of the cuts that they have made, that premiums are going........

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