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https://twitter.com/benjaminhatche1/status/15129582321966981152/ Why?
https://twitter.com/politico/status/15124758406337863742/ My advice: Breathe, slow down and read the rest of this thread 🧵
https://twitter.com/benjaminhatche1/status/15023596872111964202/ Do have to wait until another congressional session to pass voting rights
https://twitter.com/billscher/status/14972955069801881632/ Filibuster reform and have failed it would be insanity for democrats to keep trying to convince Manchin and Sinema to support filibuster reform. With the two speech rule ie rule xix yes it takes a lot of work BUT there is a way out filibuster reform is dead but voting rights
https://twitter.com/benjaminhatche1/status/14929354056788336702/ The reason why the filibuster we’re used to is a 60 vote threshold is because the senate is voting to LIMIT DEBATE debate is how the minority can participate
https://twitter.com/benjaminhatche1/status/14904372129949491312/ I want to highlight this quote because this tells me two things
https://twitter.com/benjaminhatche1/status/14865304813069680692/ There is a problem with rule xix the talking filibuster rule which gives each senator two speeches maximum and the problem is there could be like 100 or more amendments so how do democrats deal with this?
https://twitter.com/lisadnews/status/14809507091012444332/ 2. Convince Sinema to support filibuster reform
https://twitter.com/benjaminhatche1/status/14778300043105198092/ These issues. Tonight we are doing part I and that is voting rights legislation, election reform legislation more specifically filibuster reform and senate rule changes.
https://twitter.com/benjaminhatche1/status/14730550729553469522/ Then keep saying he’s no FDR or LBJ there are three problems here
https://twitter.com/benjaminhatche1/status/14729173222560358452/ I’m going to tell you what’s not the reason for why he’s doing this:
https://twitter.com/benjaminhatche1/status/14715269636008919142/ Remember there was an outcry in last spring and summer about voting suppression laws and partisan gerrymandering they kept pressuring Biden to come out and advocate for filibuster reform: he didn’t and with good reason.
https://twitter.com/teri_kanefield/status/14675575172364451862/ This DOES NOT MEAN we should move towards the left or believe the conspiracies that they’ve spread or the ideology that they believe in BUT I do believe that we’re looking at this the wrong way.
https://twitter.com/benjaminhatche1/status/14672292519298826382/ Just because she’s an expert in the fight for voting rights doesn’t mean that she’s 100% correct all the time BUT she is an expert at this and knows what needs to happen in order for voting rights legislation to pass