News snippet: Oregon’s Democratic senator Jeff Merkley is giving a marathon speech on the Senate floor that has entered its 16th hour to make the case that Donald Trump is acting as an authoritarian, including by deploying the military into his home town of Portland.
The 68-year-old senator began speaking around 6.20pm on Tuesday evening and continued with few interruptions into Wednesday morning. Standing on the Senate floor alongside placards that read “authoritarianism is here now!” and “Trump is violating the law”, Merkley has paused only to take questions from fellow Democratic senators.
“I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the civil war. President Trump is shredding our constitution,” Merkley said as he began his speech.
SuperstitiousPigeon5 on
Is there any way I can buy this guy a tea with some honey and lemon? This is old school politics that needs to be acknowledged.
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MentalTourniquet on
68 years old and up for re-election next year. Maybe a way to stave off primary opponents.
Stereo_Jungle_Child on
I hate to say it, but he could speak for 16 hours or 16 days or 16 weeks, and it wouldn’t do a damn thing to diminish Trump’s Presidential power in the slightest. His efforts are completely meaningless.
This is simply a piece of performative political theatre that will have zero effect on anything….except his vocal cords.
ianrl337 on
I am usually happy with my senators from Oregon. Merkley usually not as much as Wyden, but both do good for our state. They are moderate in the right ways and liberal in the right ways. The really do reflect Oregon. I had my parents complain that they are horrible liberal senators for our state. Then I mentioned that if they left office the replacement would be WAY more liberal, maybe even our governor running. That shut them up about that right away.
jotsea2 on
Is he calling on his colleagues to refuse appointing anymore Trump nominated judges during a shut down?
ahdidi413 on
Democratic leadership has said from the beginning of the shutdown that they would use it as an opportunity to draw attention to Trump’s abuse of power since they can’t do much else. To anyone saying this is useless, I’ve seen coverage of this on most major outlets this morning. This could also be a good way of encouraging republicans to come to the table on the shutdown to avoid this being the current spotlight.
Im_gumby_damnit on
More of this please.
19chris1996 on
Huh. I wasn’t aware of this. Wow!
Competitive_Fee_5829 on
Oregon?! He is still going?!! good for him!
ashzombi on
One thing I can say about politicians is they have some stamina when it comes to speeches like this. I’d be over it in 10 minutes 😂
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BirdButt88 on
That’s my senator!
solarixstar on
I hope he keeps going forever, in fact have another 50 years of life for the God work he’s doing transferred from the trump supporters they aren’t using it
DescriptionCalm6758 on
r/trumpsnussy
Impossible-Week-3435 on
Oh good. These speeches always solve all the world’s problems
Saul-Funyun on
Omg so brave this will surely fix it
JRR_Tokin54 on
How many people are even aware that this is happening?
A US Senator is giving a speech on the Senate floor about the rising fascism and authoritarianism in the current US government for 16+ hours and the media is barely mentioning it?
I think that the only US media to even mention this is MSNBC!
This is a big part of why and how things have gone this far in the United States! The media is entirely complicit in our rush to totalitarianism!
Spacebotzero on
….I don’t think the other side cares. Look how bad they’ve let things get…they don’t care. Got a fancy speech? They don’t care. Have facts to back up everything? They don’t care. Are you out to prove the damage being done on Americans? They don’t care. It goes on and on…we wouldn’t be here today if Republicans actually cared.
RIP-RiF on
Get it, Jeff!
LiluLay on
Making me proud of my home state!
bacon-squared on
Great, they’re doing speeches, how about some leading of their electorate, putting forward ideas, rallying people to marches, sending the message of what democrats are going to do to fix the broken system!
firm-court-6641 on
Ds are really good at speeches that won’t ultimately do anything ….
PlayingfootsiewPutin on
Good man, Senator. Keep going.
AXTalec on
Oregon’s senators are based as fuck. I feel like they represent us incredibly well and in a way that’s unique even among democrats. I know Wyden is a million years old and has been in the senate since about when it was founded but honestly it’s tough to dislike him.
EclecticEvergreen on
Interesting that I’m just now hearing about this
Top-Respond-3744 on
They could be through about 2% of his condemnable acts.
mjsymonds on
Multiple Dems needs to be doing this 24/7. Rotating in and out so they keep up a constant, unwavering presence.
chasingjulian on
The list of crimes Trump and his cohorts have committed is long. I can see it taking many hours to explain it all.
SedativeComet on
Cool.
Maybe do something besides speeches.
hollylettuce on
We love Merkely for this.
InternetsTad on
I’m sure this will wake up all the Republicans and give them all a change of heart
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News snippet: Oregon’s Democratic senator Jeff Merkley is giving a marathon speech on the Senate floor that has entered its 16th hour to make the case that Donald Trump is acting as an authoritarian, including by deploying the military into his home town of Portland.
The 68-year-old senator began speaking around 6.20pm on Tuesday evening and continued with few interruptions into Wednesday morning. Standing on the Senate floor alongside placards that read “authoritarianism is here now!” and “Trump is violating the law”, Merkley has paused only to take questions from fellow Democratic senators.
“I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the civil war. President Trump is shredding our constitution,” Merkley said as he began his speech.
Is there any way I can buy this guy a tea with some honey and lemon? This is old school politics that needs to be acknowledged.
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68 years old and up for re-election next year. Maybe a way to stave off primary opponents.
I hate to say it, but he could speak for 16 hours or 16 days or 16 weeks, and it wouldn’t do a damn thing to diminish Trump’s Presidential power in the slightest. His efforts are completely meaningless.
This is simply a piece of performative political theatre that will have zero effect on anything….except his vocal cords.
I am usually happy with my senators from Oregon. Merkley usually not as much as Wyden, but both do good for our state. They are moderate in the right ways and liberal in the right ways. The really do reflect Oregon. I had my parents complain that they are horrible liberal senators for our state. Then I mentioned that if they left office the replacement would be WAY more liberal, maybe even our governor running. That shut them up about that right away.
Is he calling on his colleagues to refuse appointing anymore Trump nominated judges during a shut down?
Democratic leadership has said from the beginning of the shutdown that they would use it as an opportunity to draw attention to Trump’s abuse of power since they can’t do much else. To anyone saying this is useless, I’ve seen coverage of this on most major outlets this morning. This could also be a good way of encouraging republicans to come to the table on the shutdown to avoid this being the current spotlight.
More of this please.
Huh. I wasn’t aware of this. Wow!
Oregon?! He is still going?!! good for him!
One thing I can say about politicians is they have some stamina when it comes to speeches like this. I’d be over it in 10 minutes 😂
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That’s my senator!
I hope he keeps going forever, in fact have another 50 years of life for the God work he’s doing transferred from the trump supporters they aren’t using it
r/trumpsnussy
Oh good. These speeches always solve all the world’s problems
Omg so brave this will surely fix it
How many people are even aware that this is happening?
A US Senator is giving a speech on the Senate floor about the rising fascism and authoritarianism in the current US government for 16+ hours and the media is barely mentioning it?
I think that the only US media to even mention this is MSNBC!
This is a big part of why and how things have gone this far in the United States! The media is entirely complicit in our rush to totalitarianism!
….I don’t think the other side cares. Look how bad they’ve let things get…they don’t care. Got a fancy speech? They don’t care. Have facts to back up everything? They don’t care. Are you out to prove the damage being done on Americans? They don’t care. It goes on and on…we wouldn’t be here today if Republicans actually cared.
Get it, Jeff!
Making me proud of my home state!
Great, they’re doing speeches, how about some leading of their electorate, putting forward ideas, rallying people to marches, sending the message of what democrats are going to do to fix the broken system!
Ds are really good at speeches that won’t ultimately do anything ….
Good man, Senator. Keep going.
Oregon’s senators are based as fuck. I feel like they represent us incredibly well and in a way that’s unique even among democrats. I know Wyden is a million years old and has been in the senate since about when it was founded but honestly it’s tough to dislike him.
Interesting that I’m just now hearing about this
They could be through about 2% of his condemnable acts.
Multiple Dems needs to be doing this 24/7. Rotating in and out so they keep up a constant, unwavering presence.
The list of crimes Trump and his cohorts have committed is long. I can see it taking many hours to explain it all.
Cool.
Maybe do something besides speeches.
We love Merkely for this.
I’m sure this will wake up all the Republicans and give them all a change of heart