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What Four of Darien’s Democratic Legislators Are Saying About the Election

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Since Election Day, Nov. 8, these legislators, each representing Darien at the state or federal levels, have issued statements about the wider implications of the election to the United States. Excerpts of President-elect Donald Trump’s election night statement have been added to the bottom. Here are the statements:

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy — Nov. 9
Murphy posted this statement on his Facebook page:

Despite how it may appear to some, America is not a different place today than it was yesterday.

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Murphy in Voluntown 9-1-16

Sen Murphy, Walking Across CT, to Hold Town Hall Meeting in Darien with Himes

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U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy has walked a long way from eastern Connecticut to hold one of his Town Hall meetings Friday night in Darien with a fellow Democrat, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes at Tilley Pond Park. You’re invited to meet them both at 7 p.m. Friday night at the stone pavilion in the park. “All members of the public are encouraged to attend,” according to an announcement from his office. Murphy may have sore feet, having walked through Bridgeport, Fairfield, Westport, Norwalk and into Darien in his trek across the state. His publicists say he’s “taking to the streets and dirt roads to listen to and get feedback from Connecticut residents.”

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Himes Twitter page 6-12-16

Himes, in Emotional Twitter Outburst, Declares GOP in Congress Ungodly

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U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, in an angry outburst of five tweets over the course of seven minutes, has declared that God wants Congress to change policy in reaction to the massacre early Sunday in Orlando, and if Congress doesn’t, hell awaits “if God is an angry God.” UPDATES: State representative candidate Randy Klein issues statement; Himes responds to Darienite on Twitter, and Darienite replies (see below). In wording that sounds like a prophet from the Bible, or reminiscent of angry words from an even Higher Authority, Himes first took exception to a moment of silence on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, because the symbolism was, Himes indicated, accompanied by an unwillingness to change policy. “I will not attend one more ‘Moment of Silence’ on the Floor,” Himes tweeted at 8:45 p.m., Sunday. “Our silence does not honor the victims, it mocks them.”