Joe Biden says it: If the voting rights bills are denied a vote, “we have no option but to change the senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster, for this.”
“The filibuster is not used by Republicans to bring the Senate closer together — but to pull it apart,” Biden says in Atlanta.
“To protect our democracy, I support changing the Senate rules.”
He says he’s appealing to Republicans who believe in the rule of law.
“To protect our democracy, I support changing the Senate rules.”
He says he’s appealing to Republicans who believe in the rule of law.
Biden says participants in the voting laws debate must decide if they want to be on the side of Martin Luther King or George Wallace.
Biden says he was engaged in the original voting rights battles “‘cause I’m so damn old I was there as well.”
This elicits laughs from the audience.
This elicits laughs from the audience.
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