“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.

“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.