We need more than a narrow exception to the filibuster. We need a Senate that functions. The filibuster is not an original part of the Constitution. It is a tool created by an all-white male Senate that cared more about pats on the back than people.
The filibuster has been used against civil rights & economic justice & labor rights, impacting poor & low-wealth Black, brown, native, white & Asian people.
Democrats who claim they want to protect “minority rights” in the Senate must be asked why they insist on catering to the extremist minority that has taken over the Republican Party.
Don’t think Manchin & Sinema can’t vote against S1 & the John Lewis VRA bill. They’ve already proven by stopping $15/hr they can vote against over 40 million poor & low-income workers & against 40+% of all Black workers. This is what systemic racism looks like.
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