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Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after holding the Senate floor for 22 hours 37 minutes \u2013 the third longest in Senate history \u2013 to ring the alarm bells about the Trump Administration\u2019s authoritarian takeover of the country:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTrump\u2019s plan is to replace government \u2018of, by, and for the people\u2019 with government \u2018of, by, and for the powerful.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis is the position we\u2019re in right now in the United States of America. An authoritarian strongman is pushing for complete control of America thanks to a rubber-stamp Congress, a Supreme Court that\u2019s delivering more and more power to the Executive, and an Executive that has a well-planned strategy to trample our democratic institutions, thanks to Project 2025.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAmericans are standing up because the President is not a king. Americans are standing up because laws are not suggestions. Americans are standing up because following the Constitution is not optional.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“After over 22 hours on the floor, my message is exactly the same as it was when I started: We need to stand strong together to ring the alarm bells that Trump\u2019s authoritarianism is here now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Archived livestreams of Merkley\u2019s speech are available on his YouTube page: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SenatorJeffMerkleyYT<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A one-pager on his speech can be found by clicking aqu\u00ed<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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