Thread by @charles_gaba

.@SenatorSinema prior to slavery being outlawed: "I agree that human rights aren't working well. But the way to fix that is to fix slaveholder's behavior, not to change the rules."

https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/1400094181960425477

The ENTIRE FUNCTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT is SPECIFICALLY to "change the rules" (i.e., pass legislation) in order to "change people's behavior."

It's LITERALLY PART OF HER JOB.

Otherwise what's the point of ANY law??

"There's been a lot of murders lately! Perhaps we should outlaw it?"

@SenatorSinema: "Nah...we just need to change people's behavior so they don't murder people."

There MAY be a valid argument for keeping the filibuster in place (I don't think so, but it's possible)...but "we should change people's behavior instead" isn't it.

HEY, ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE EXPERTS: @SenatorSinema was a state a state Senator for 2 years before being elected to Congress. Guess what state DOESN'T have a filibuster? ARIZONA. Does anyone know whether she ever complained about it then?

In fact, only 14 state legislatures have a filibuster...and neither Arizona nor West Virginia are among them. Both @SenatorSinema *and* @Sen_JoeManchin served in the state senate before being elected to statewide office. Did EITHER of them demand one then?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuste…

Sinema served in the U.S. *House* before being elected to the Senate. Did she demand that 261 House members (60%) support any bill before she'd vote for it?

What if Dems held 60 Senate seats? Would she insist that any legislation still get 8 Republicans to support it as well?

"Initially, a successful vote of cloture required UNANIMOUS APPROVAL by the Senate; this threshold was reduced to 2/3 of the chamber in 1917."

If Sinema had been in the U.S. Senate at the time would she have protested "changing the rules" then as well?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuste…

Here's @SenatorSinema celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which allowed women to vote.

You know..."changing the rules."

Guess who likely would have lost her own Senate race in 2018 without women voting for her?

news.asu.edu/20200814-arizo…

I don't know what the solution is to Sen. Manchin & Sen. Sinema for the next year and a half...but if you don't want them to have so much power over the Senate in 2023 & beyond, the solution is to FLIP MORE SENATE SEATS BLUE:
secure.actblue.com/donate/senateb…