Beto O'Rourke: Abolish the Filibuster to Save Lives - Meidas Touch

[ItsjustMe]

Beto O'Rourke calls the filibuster a "vestige of the Confederacy" and says it must be abolished in order to deliver life-saving relief to millions of Americans.

[PoliticAverse]

1. The filibuster has nothing to do with the "Confederacy".

And the "talking filibuster" which was rarely used and rarely succeeded when used wasn't replaced by the current version until relatively recently even.

[Bluethroughu]

2. It's the only way to prove Democrats are not like the GOP

The GOP has been blaming Dems for Decades, Give the people what the need, NOW. 2022 we will own the majority of Congress.

[TexasTowelie]

3. K&R.

I believe that Beto has assessed the situation well.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. It's of little use to us anymore. GOP already got everything they want under Trump.

[Laelth]

5. I don't care how. I don't care why. Just abolish it.

It has outlived its usefulness. If the Republicans are so fond of it, they are welcome to reinstate it when they next control the Senate.

-Laelth

[dalton99a]

6. Kill it dead.

Get things done for the people.

[summer_in_TX]

8. Apparently Joe Manchin will not vote to

repeal the filibuster, at least not now.

Schumer is reserving the possibility of repealing it but not acting on it now. That makes it more likely he will get cooperation for now from some Republicans in this Senate split 50-50.

Plus by not rushing into it when the votes may or may not be there, he's not inflaming anger that could lead to a Tea Party style result in the mid-terms, now just a little over a year and a half away.

[Teddy Beer]

10. HELL Yeah!