{"id":23354,"date":"2025-10-24T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=23354"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:20:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:20:52","slug":"trumps-authoritarianism-and-how-we-protect-we-the-people-government-merkley-marathon-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/trumps-authoritarianism-and-how-we-protect-we-the-people-government-merkley-marathon-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Authoritarianism and How We Protect \u2018We the People\u2019 Government \u2013 Merkley Marathon Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Trump\u2019s Authoritarianism and How We Protect \u2018We the People\u2019 Government \u2013 Merkley Marathon Speech\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p3r0EzrtZoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Merkley held the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes to protest Donald Trump\u2019s authoritarian takeover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WATCH SENATOR MEKRLEY\u2019S FULL MARATHON SPEECH: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/bE37g0mkpEo?feature=share \">https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/bE37g0mkpEo?feature=share <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/ymDt1XecYfI?feature=share \">https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/ymDt1XecYfI?feature=share <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/BPJcq9uT2Tc?feature=share\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/BPJcq9uT2Tc?feature=share<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Merkley held the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes to protest Donald Trump\u2019s authoritarian takeover. 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