Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., launched into a marathon overnight speech railing against President Donald Trump.

“I’m holding the Senate floor to protest Trump’s grave threats to democracy. We cannot pretend this is normal,” Merkley wrote on Tuesday night on X.

By 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning, nearly 12 hours after the post, the senator was still continuing his speech.

Merkley later added that he was protesting against the president “dragging us further into authoritarianism.”

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The White House seemed to dismiss the Democrat’s claims against the president.

“Democrats will do anything except vote to open the government. A useless overnight floor speech that no one watched will do nothing to help the millions of Americans who are missing pa

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