Manchin Joins Sinema in Destroying Democratic Hopes to Pass Voting Rights

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'We're old enough to remember a whole month ago when both Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin voted to make an exception to the filibuster for the debt ceiling,' Public_Citizen sardonically noted.

his right-wing Democratic colleague Kyrsten Sinema in announcing his opposition to abolishing the Senate filibuster, progressive observers excoriated the pair—who recently supported a filibuster carve-out to raise the debt ceiling—for obstructing their party's landmark voting rights legislation.

Manchin followed his Arizona colleague in voicing support for protecting the filibuster, which racial justice campaigners call a"Jim Crow relic" because it has been used so many times to block voting and civil rights legislation."have passed new voter suppression laws, gerrymandered maps, and election subversion bills through simple majority, party-line votes, yet Sinema and Manchin demand [a] bipartisan supermajority to protect voting rights.

 

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Public_Citizen This thread explains, freedom of religion is in conflict with freedom of speech. Think we can start with this, to build a bigger wall between church & state. That should make the state,a bit more sober, & help it in understanding it's true responsibilities

Public_Citizen If SenatorSinema thinks she can be president, she's out of touch w AZ constituents. She's blown any chances w her stance of backing 20th century filibuster rule which'll block millions from certainty that votes can't be overturned by GOP Trump party selected election officials.

Public_Citizen This country is so fucked

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