"I saw a quote from Chuck Schumer yesterday in which he looked at the 2028 map and noted that it’s not impossible that Democrats could get to a filibuster-breaking 60 seats in 2029. That’s the Holy Grail of senatoring and Schumer was giddy at the prospect. It was a sobering moment inasmuch as that tells you he assumes the permanence of the filibuster and the need to operate within its strictures. That means democratic self-government at the federal level remains log-jammed forever. That is a core reason we got the last two years’ authoritarian spectacle. The executive and judicial branch didn’t become vastly more powerful in a vacuum. They grew because the legislative branch, the literal first branch, is deadlocked and unable to operate."
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I voted for a MAJORITY, not for an ‘overcome filibuster’, nor for a ‘parliamentarian says ok’. A MAJORITY!! Simple as that. Get rid of the filibuster, the parliamentarian, and #schumer !
🚨🚨I/WE voted for CHANGE and that is what I/we want!🚨🚨
Yup. Chuck changing his excuse for failure from not having a majority to not having 60 votes. Jettison this loser.
@jalefkowit You are right. This telegraphs that Schumer is not going to fight the fights that matter. He is not the right person for this moment.
@jalefkowit Republicans don’t follow laws. Why should Democrats follow imaginary rules? Stop the filibuster nonsense and flex the authority your majority unless you want to be the minority party again in two years.