Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., passed the 14-hour mark Wednesday morning in his filibuster speech on the "grave threats to democracy" he said President Donald Trump poses.

“We’ve got an authoritarian president bent on being able to use military against the people of the United States,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., passed the 14-hour mark Wednesday morning in his filibuster speech on the "grave threats to democracy" he said President Donald Trump poses.

“We’ve got an authoritarian president bent on being able to use military against the people of the United States,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said.

Jeff Merkley of Oregon gives address to make case that president is ‘violating the law’ through authoritarianism