Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) has been speaking on the Senate floor for more than 12 hours after announcing he would protest what he called President Trump’s “grave threats to democracy,” CNN reports.
Said Merkley: “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.”
He began his remarks at 6:24 p.m. ET and was still speaking as of this morning.
