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Chuck Schumer: “Donald Trump is threatening our democracy.”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

Live Now: I am speaking from the Senate floor, 10.16.25

Published October 16, 2025 | Video Starts at 08:02

They're afraid of the truth. Republicans are going apoplectic because Americans are exercising their right to free speech, even though even some of them, too many of them know that Donald Trump is threatening our democracy. And the American people are seeing just that. And that is the theme, the very appropriate theme of this weekend's rallies. No kings. No kings. (08:02–08:05)

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Asserts that Donald Trump poses a threat to democratic governance.

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