The Senate filibuster came *after* the American framers... who saw a guy like Mitch McConnell coming, says @AJentleson, and feared a minority party tossing "a monkey wrench into the system for political gain" to "block the majority from doing anything and make them look bad."
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Mehdi: "Does the filibuster get nuked in 2021?" @AJentleson: “Yes.”

Jan 22, 2021 · 1:36 AM UTC

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It has to be nuked. If it doesn’t then we need to bombard ads against the corporate Democrats that want to keep it - to the people in Arizona and West Virginia in particular that their senators don’t want to help you.