Jeff Merkley: “Well, I believe it would make an astounding difference because when I come to the floor or any of my Democratic…”

“Well, I believe it would make an astounding difference because when I come to the floor or any of my Democratic colleagues come to the floor and say: Look at this attack on due process. This is just wrong. Look at this effort to tell universities what to teach. This is just wrong. Look at the attack on law firms. They have been essentially blackmailed into $1 billion of free legal help for groups that Trump wants. That is wrong. Look at the effort to ship people out of this country because of what they say on foreign policy. Those are violations of free speech and due process, and we say it is just wrong, but in essence, we are speaking within a communication bubble that exists around our urban communities, and there is a different communication bubble that exists around our rural communities. We have driven into this situation through cable news, where people in my State who live in cities watch one version of the world on cable, and they see a different version if they are in rural areas watching a different cable, and that is reinforced by social media.”