Jeff Merkley of Oregon gave address to make case that president is āviolating the lawā through authoritarianism
Oregonās Jeff Merkley gave a marathon, nearly 23-hour speech on the Senate floor that began on Tuesday and ended late Wednesday, pressing the case that Donald Trump is acting as an authoritarian by prosecuting political enemies and deploying the military into Merkleyās home town of Portland.
The 68-year-old senator began speaking around 6.20pm on Tuesday evening and continued until just after 5pm on Wednesday. Standing continuously on the Senate floor alongside placards that read āauthoritarianism is here now!ā and āTrump is violating the lawā, Merkley paused only to take questions from fellow Democratic senators who joined him in the chamber to make their own points about the presidentās conduct.
āIāve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. Weāre in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the civil war. President Trump is shredding our constitution,ā Merkley said as he began his speech.
But there are official means to do that type of stuff.
This was not thatā¦
I donāt even know if a transcript will be kept, especially since the first 12+ hours was overnight
I think this is the real explanationā¦
People just donāt know what can be done, so they get excited for stupid meaningless shit. And donāt demand for productive things instead.
Just clapping for bread and circus like itās 1788
The liberals are playing their role in making people, like the comment you replied, feel like something is being done. The liberals in Washington might actually feel like theyāre doing something too. But they wouldnāt be in Washington in the first place if what actually needed to be done was even an idea in their heads.
They will never say what needs to be said. They will never do what needs to be done. They are not capable of it. So, they will do useless stuff like this until they bend the knee and accept the new rule of the fascist state.