Donald Trump's first 100 days have been 100 days from hell. Over the past week, as I have thought about this 100-day mark, as I have met with people throughout my State--with business owners and nurses and seniors and veterans and many Republicans--I couldn't think of another way to describe the sentiment I felt back home. These 100 days have been 100 days from hell. Donald Trump is not governing like a President of a democratic republic; he is acting like a King, a despot, a want-to-be dictator. Remember that during the campaign, he indicated that he would be a dictator just on day one, but everything we have seen so far shows he wants to be a dictator for much, much longer. He is eating away at America's rule of law, America's norms, America's fundamental values, and people are scared, people are angry. When seniors in Buffalo tell me they are legitimately worried about whether or not they will keep seeing their Social Security checks--and that is not just a political expression. They wonder how they are going to pay the rent, buy the food, buy the drugs next month if their Social Security check isn't there. When doctors and health workers in Albany tell me they fear losing Medicaid funding for their hospitals and clinics, they are worried about caring for their patients, who desperately need help and may not get it, they are worried about their jobs.…
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