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Chuck Schumer: “The consolidation of media to only have a voice that…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 09:46

Mr. President, there are lots of dangers to our democracy under this Trump regime. It's becoming more and more like a regime. But one of the top is the intimidating of media, is The consolidation of media to only have a voice that protects Donald Trump and defends Donald Trump. That's what dictators do. That's what Orban has done in Hungary, in Erdogan, in Turkey. And dictators throughout history try to censor the media, consolidate the media so they are all under the thumb of the leader of the dictator. (09:46–09:53)

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Asserts that media consolidation is occurring to support Trump.

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