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.
Dude. Weāre not elected policians. You really need to have a higher standard for your representatives than people posting on Twitter.
It really was not a good point AT ALL. I swear liberals are so use to not expecting any material change from their party that all they do is hold them to the same standard as a social media poster. Thatās actually pathetic.
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Iām saying if those people admit the politicians arenāt doing anything productive, then it obviously means funny signs wonāt do anything, even if you have a frog costumeā¦