Chris Murphy calls for 'regulating the internet' so people won't fall for a 'demagogue like Donald Trump'

"Those are the two things I think Americans are going through right now," Murphy said. "They don't feel powerful at all, and they feel lonely. And so, government should build a set of rules in which people feel more powerful - that's why the minimum wage is so important - and people feel so more connected. That's why, you know, rebuilding healthy institutions in your town should be a project that government is involved in."

These efforts included regulating the internet, which Murphy said could sway people away from politicians like Trump.

"That's why regulating the internet so that you're spending less time alone on Instagram should be an important government project," he said. "And if people are feeling more powerful and less lonely, then they are going to be less likely to fall for a bulls--- demagogue like Donald Trump. And what I say in the book is that if you really think about the things that make you more connected and make you more powerful, they're not actually super partisan."

Murphy, a frequent Trump critic, continued to urge efforts to affect change.

"The book basically says unless you fix what's broken with the culture, you're going to be stuck with people like Trump for a long time," he added.