In Senate speech, Angus King invokes Margaret Chase Smith’s ‘Declaration,’ warns of current ‘crisis’

Angus King echoes Margaret Chase Smith in speech on Donald Trump

U.S. Sen. Angus King invoked the late Maine Sen. Margaret Chase Smith’s famous address in a Tuesday speech condemning President Donald Trump for attempting to govern “like a monarch.” The office of King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, took the rare step of promoting his 28-minute speech to the media by calling them an update to Smith’s 1950 “Declaration of Conscience” address that criticized “reckless” efforts by fellow Republican S…

In Senate speech, Angus King invokes Margaret Chase Smith’s ‘Declaration,’ warns of current ‘crisis’

Citing Smith's 1950 'Declaration of Conscience' address, King said the issue is not President Donald Trump's agenda, but his apparent attempts to centralize power, including by 'ignoring the Constitution' and the rule of law.