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minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·2 年前For 50 Republicans and about three Democrats in the Senate. The Republicans are the big problem here.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·2 年前Do you expect Republicans to protect the right to choose? We gave Democrats a majority for a reason. Preserving the filibuster wasn’t that reason.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 年前I’d expect them to go along with not filibustering it because people will know that they blocked it, and vote for Democrats instead.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·2 年前And instead we got enough Democrats deciding to work with Republicans to preserve the filibuster.
For 50 Republicans and about three Democrats in the Senate.
The Republicans are the big problem here.
Wasn’t it even just two Democrats?
Do you expect Republicans to protect the right to choose? We gave Democrats a majority for a reason. Preserving the filibuster wasn’t that reason.
I’d expect them to go along with not filibustering it because people will know that they blocked it, and vote for Democrats instead.
And instead we got enough Democrats deciding to work with Republicans to preserve the filibuster.