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Chuck Schumer: “Republican senators are silent, quaking in their boots, that…”

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

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Published February 4, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:35

It's incredible. Democracy is at risk here, from the President to the United States and the people who might have the most say over him. Republican senators are silent, quaking in their boots, that they can never criticize Donald Trump. no matter how outrageous what he says. What Donald Trump wants is a one party MAGA dictatorship. You want your kids to grow up in that autocracy. (00:35–00:44)

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Asserts that Republican senators are afraid to criticize Donald Trump.

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