The Founders debated the filibuster and decided against it for good reason. It isn’t foundational to the way the Senate operates; it’s a relic of the Jim Crow era. You can’t keep asking people to vote for you if all you do is give them excuses every damn time. @TheDemocrats

Jun 23, 2021 · 3:18 AM UTC

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Time to find a few more challenging candidates to endorse
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There's also 50 Republicans who are to blame. 🤔
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Mob-rule is anti-American. After 200+ years of requiring a plurality, not a simple majority, to shut down minority voices, now the for-now "ruling party" wants to shut down minority voices. Yet, when the Democrats WERE the minority party, it was "Filibuster-palooza". #Hypocrites
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There shouldn’t be tyranny by the minority either, which is pretty much what we have now.
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