Merkley Holds Senate Floor Overnight, Condemning Trump (1)

Sen. Jeff Merkley is delivering a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest what he deems as President Donald Trump‘s threats to democracy.

Merkley (D-Ore.) began his speech around 6:21 p.m. Tuesday and is still going more than 18 hours later on Wednesday, continuing a trend this year of Democrats talking as long as they can to criticize the administration and Republicans. Merkley’s speech comes as his state is in the spotlight over Trump’s troop deployment in cities led by Democratic mayors after a ruling this week would allow Trump to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Ore., ...