"I understand these are serious times but if the president is going to disengage legislatively he shouldn't blame it on others. I think what the president did is a gross violation of the rule of law but he is still the president, and if we can get some legislation does that saves lives I'm still game to consider it," Murphy told reporters.

Sen.(D-Conn.) said Wednesday that talks with the White House about background checks are ongoing even asand his personal lawyer have lashed out at him over Ukraine.

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"So at the same time that Trump is trying to claim that we're walking away from the legislative process on guns his team is pulling us back in," Murphy said. "I will stay at the table. I can walk and chew gum at the same time. And it's really up to the president whether he wants to walk away from negotiations that could ultimately get a conclusion."

Trump name dropped the senator during a press conference on Wednesday, noting they had been trying to work together on potential gun reforms.

He added that the White House called him on Tuesday night to tell him that background check negotiations were "still on the table.""He's always, 'Oh, no, we want to work it out. We want to work it out.' But they're too busy wasting their time on the witch hunt. So, Sen. Chris Murphy literally threatened the president of Ukraine that, if he doesn't do things right, they won't have Democrat support in Congress," Trump said Wednesday.