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Edward Markey: “There's just more coming, more voter suppression, more use…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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GOP is 'in a witness protection program': Sen. Markey

Published | Video Starts at 04:01

Because he does not want the Democrats to have a gavel in the House and Senate that can then subpoena all of the records that unearth for public inspection all of this corruption which is at the heart of the Trump administration. So There's just more coming, more voter suppression, more use of ice and perhaps the army and the Marines. If he invokes the Insurrection act later on before the elections in order to make sure that the Republicans win and retain power. that's his only protection against ultimately the kinds of hearings that would only rival Richard Nixon or Warren G. Harding in terms of the total corruption that this administration has, has been engaging in. (04:01–04:16)

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Asserts that Donald Trump may use the Insurrection Act, ICE, and military forces to suppress votes and ensure Republican victory.

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