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Bill Clinton: 'Preserving democracy' is worth getting rid of filibuster
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:12 am
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:12 am
Former President Clinton says that "preserving democracy" is worth suspending the legislative filibuster in the Senate.
The filibuster, the ex-commander in chief argued during a Wednesday appearance alongside James Patterson on NBC's "Late Night," is "being used to try to prevent a repeat of 2020, when we had enormous voter participation."
"All the states that are in the hands of people that don't like that and want to maintain a racial income differential are trying to make it harder to vote," Clinton told host Seth Meyers.
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He said he understood President Biden's reluctance to "get rid of it all together," and expressed some compassion for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who has said he's opposed to doing away with the 60-vote requirement for most legislation to pass the upper chamber.
"I sympathize with Joe Manchin who's trying to stand up for the right thing and represent people who voted more than two to one for President Trump," Clinton said while promoting the thriller he co-authored with Patterson, "The President's Daughter."
"But I think when it comes to preserving democracy, you know I would suspend the filibuster because I think it's essential. I don't think that we should be in the business of going backwards in trying to drive down voting rights," Clinton, 74, said. LINK
The filibuster, the ex-commander in chief argued during a Wednesday appearance alongside James Patterson on NBC's "Late Night," is "being used to try to prevent a repeat of 2020, when we had enormous voter participation."
"All the states that are in the hands of people that don't like that and want to maintain a racial income differential are trying to make it harder to vote," Clinton told host Seth Meyers.
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He said he understood President Biden's reluctance to "get rid of it all together," and expressed some compassion for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who has said he's opposed to doing away with the 60-vote requirement for most legislation to pass the upper chamber.
"I sympathize with Joe Manchin who's trying to stand up for the right thing and represent people who voted more than two to one for President Trump," Clinton said while promoting the thriller he co-authored with Patterson, "The President's Daughter."
"But I think when it comes to preserving democracy, you know I would suspend the filibuster because I think it's essential. I don't think that we should be in the business of going backwards in trying to drive down voting rights," Clinton, 74, said. LINK
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Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:14 am to Jbird
Put this in perspective.
Both Bill and Killary Clinton have their opinions sought after.
Both Bill and Killary Clinton have their opinions sought after.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:14 am to Jbird
What about preserving the republic?
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:17 am to Jbird
As stated many times before..
This is the party that performed about 300 filibusters during the last administration. Correct?
This is the party that performed about 300 filibusters during the last administration. Correct?
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:18 am to i am dan
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This is the party that performed about 300 filibusters during the last administration. Correct?
Yes.Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:18 am to Jbird
quote:
I sympathize with Joe Manchin who's trying to stand up for the right thing and represent people who voted more than two to one for President Trump," Clinton said while promoting the thriller he co-authored
Better get in line, Manchin. You might accidentally suicide yourself
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:19 am to Jbird
Can't help but notice anything that opposes Democrat agenda items is a "threat to democracy".
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:21 am to Jbird
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want to maintain a racial income differential are trying to make it harder to vote
Bill, I have a job, that alone guarantees the income differential will remain.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:23 am to Jbird
I sympathize with Joe Manchin who's trying to stand up for the right thing and represent people who voted more than two to one for President Trump," Clinton said
Do I read this correctly? Clinton is saying he knows people voted for Trump 2-1?
Do I read this correctly? Clinton is saying he knows people voted for Trump 2-1?
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:23 am to Jbird
frick Bill Clinton.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:24 am to idlewatcher
How about getting rid of bs in political speech and media to preserve our republic ?
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:26 am to Jbird
A slim majority isn't a mandate to destroy our system of government. Thank God the framers of the constitution weren't so hungry for power over the people.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:29 am to Jbird
Now that the Proggie H.R.1 Bill went down in Flames the Turds are all riled up.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:31 am to Jbird
Would republican legislation prevent a single person who wants to vote from voting? No it wouldn’t
Of course voting could always be “easier.” It would be real easy to vote if your friend was already heading that way and could just vote for you too.
Actually preserving democracy is preventing fraud, period. Bill just wants to open us up to more
Of course voting could always be “easier.” It would be real easy to vote if your friend was already heading that way and could just vote for you too.
Actually preserving democracy is preventing fraud, period. Bill just wants to open us up to more
This post was edited on 6/24/21 at 11:35 am
Posted on 6/24/21 at 11:31 am to Jbird
"You'd better put some ice on that (lip)" - Bill Clinton to Juanita Broaddrick after raping her.
Posted on 6/25/21 at 6:59 pm to Jbird
Posted on 6/25/21 at 7:14 pm to Jbird
Do these stupid cünts really not understand how they sound, or do they just understand how fricking dumb leftists actually are?
Posted on 6/25/21 at 7:18 pm to tiggerthetooth
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anything that opposes Democrat agenda items is a "threat to democracy".
Their version of Democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep discussing what's for dinner.
We know they are not really Democrats anymore. That ended with JFK and has continued to move towards Authoritarianism with each new D President.
Posted on 6/25/21 at 7:18 pm to Bandit1980
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Do I read this correctly? Clinton is saying he knows people voted for Trump 2-1?
I don’t think that’s a huge secret in West Virginia
I think only Wyoming went stronger for Trump with like almost 80% or something crazy
This post was edited on 6/25/21 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 6/25/21 at 7:20 pm to DMAN1968
"racial income differential" from a grifter who stole all that money from Haiti. The leftist media doesn't cover it, but Haitian protesters often follow the Clintons.
This post was edited on 6/25/21 at 7:22 pm
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