Sat Jun 12, 2021, 08:31 AM

If the filibuster is so important to requkes

Instead of threatening to abuse power if it’s gone they could just say they’ll reinstate it. Or is this another point they lie about?

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If the filibuster is so important to requkes (Original post)	Alpeduez21	Jun 2021	OP
K&R, they only need simple majority to reinstate it	uponit7771	Jun 2021	#1
It's just political theater	In It to Win It	Jun 2021	#2
If the Republicans were in our position, there would be no filibuster	Chainfire	Jun 2021	#3
He's suspended it previously during Obama admin	Bayard	Jun 2021	#4
They were in our position just a few years ago	FBaggins	Jun 2021	#5

Response to Alpeduez21 (Original post)

Sat Jun 12, 2021, 08:35 AM

uponit7771 (88,983 posts)

1. K&R, they only need simple majority to reinstate it

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Sat Jun 12, 2021, 08:38 AM

In It to Win It (6,456 posts)

2. It's just political theater

They will use the filibuster to hide behind legislation they don’t like when they’re in the majority

They will use the filibuster to block the majority when they’re in the minority.

Common political theater.

They’re not for the filibuster because they love the filibuster. They’re for it because it helps their immediate goal, which is to block the majority.

I absolutely believe they will “abuse power” if we nuke the filibuster now and they regain the majority in the future. They did it with filibuster on court nominations. Harry Reid nuked the filibuster for lower court nominations and the GOP rammed over 200+ judges through when they had the chance; and when they regained the majority, they nuked the filibuster for SCOTUS nominations and rammed 3 of them down our throats.

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Sat Jun 12, 2021, 10:55 AM

Chainfire (13,779 posts)

3. If the Republicans were in our position, there would be no filibuster

and they would be shoving right-wing legislation down our throats every day. McConnell would be swearing that he never supported the filibuster and that it was un-American.

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Response to Chainfire (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 12, 2021, 11:56 AM

Bayard (18,810 posts)

4. He's suspended it previously during Obama admin

When it suits him. That needs to be shoved under Manchin's nose.

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Response to Chainfire (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 12, 2021, 04:38 PM

FBaggins (25,905 posts)

5. They were in our position just a few years ago

Trump pushed them to get rid of the filibuster at almost the exact same point in his administration.

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