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10. Patty Murray and Sheldon Whitehouse,

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 10:06 AM

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Jeff Merkley

Merkley's marathon speech is brilliant and has not gotten enough attention.
https://www.youtube.com/live/STH89y8Oke0?si=CO5GJDRtZ08wLqAe

tried 3 different links and couldn't get one of them to display the video. I don't get it. It can all be seen on his youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@SenatorJeffMerkleyYT

ETA we do have some great Democratic Senators. Schumer should step down. for whatever reason, whether it's because of lobbyists or personal wealth considerations, or just because he cannot shake himself free of the time when republicans could occasionally be trusted to keep their word, he's not up to speed, not acknowledging the existential danger this country is in right now, and not responsive to his constituency's message.

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