Make it painful and force them to hold the floor by talking. This will make them pick fights that r physically worth it.
STabbytosavit So a man who represents a mere 2million Americans out of 335,000,000 Americans is holding the country hostage..on voting rights. he's like Nero fiddling while Rome burned...the democracy of the country is at stake ...smh how can he sleep at night? And why aren't YOU PROTESTING ?
mcspocky IMHO, Manchin is playing a game. His arguments make no sense. He says he will support things like the JohnLewisVotingRightsAct that he knows will never pass a 60 vote threshold. He talks about compromise, yet he's not willing to compromise & at least modify the filibuster. 🤦♂️
VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡 This is what you get.
Schumer can’t keep the party together. He should have been fighting to end the filibuster as his first priority since day one of Biden’s presidency. Now it is too late.
Are they going to investigate Rioters,the Summer of Love, burning Court Houses , Police Precincts...Democrats care about January 6 because it was close to them. The rest of Violence Acts in USA are not near those Politicians. armed guards & fences protect them.
They also need to stack the supreme court To make it a fair court
MANCHIN is truly a TRAITOR to our COUNTRY!
Those “100 liberal groups” should find a more productive use of their time - Sen_JoeManchin is fine with Republicans suppressing the vote. He’s fine with Jim Crow 2.0 laws. He’s fine with Republicans seizing control in 2022 without a majority of actual votes.
What does the parliamentarian say?
Senators take an oath to the constitution of the United States. Sen_JoeManchin and SenatorSinema are supporting and defending the GOP instead. The twistedlogic and misinformation they use to defend their position is characteristic of the GOP. America elected dems!
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MANCHIN & SINEMA have no EXCUSES except they too are thinking they will get away with being 'CLOSET' - - RACISTS BIGOTS WHITE SUPREMACIST loving 'Trumpers'... BOTH HAVE BEEN UNVEILED... YOU BOTH CAN'T HIDE any longer!
The filibuster should not be used to block legislation that protects fundamental principles of democracy, such as fair and free elections
Do u really think Moscow Mitch would or have worried about dem when they were putting judges they wanted on federal benches. Fuck no so Biden expand the Supreme Court. And put judges that u need on benches
Manchin will abolish democracy before he abolished the filibuster.
Even Sen_JoeManchin SenatorSinema constituents are now calling on them to stop blocking SenateDems & to change filibuster.
Only if all the 50 Democrats agree to do so
Power is a root of evil Sen_JoeManchin Insidious & subtle.
NUKE 'em!
Do not believe the Democrats’ phony claims about the filibuster. Last year when Republicans controlled the Senate, Democrats filibustered 327 times. This Congress, there has been ONE.
Some day, none white America people will be mascre by white man.
Instead of 60 votes, why isn’t it 60% of the votes cast? Force them to be present to oppose whatever’s on the table. Currently the opposition can deny accountability by just not voting
Keep baking!
If they don’t there’s no chance for anything to get done. Gop is dead and gone as we knew them
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