Sen. Merkley delivers marathon 22-hour speech protesting Trump
MSNBCยท2025-10-23 00:09
Democratic Senator Jeff Mkeley of Oregon just wrapped a 22-hour 37minute floor speech to protest Donald Trump's authoritarian power grab. The longer you are in an authoritarian state, it becomes more and more entrenched. And so we have to fight it in every possible way.I'm proud to be colleagues with all of you in this effort. Thank you very much. And I yield the floor.Merkeley's remarks, the fourth longest in Senate history, were aimed at a weary nation. On day 22 of the government shutdown, where vulnerab ...