Oy, Manchin

[Soph0571]

Indeed...

[qazplm135]

1. Republicans aren't nuking the filibuster

if they didn't do it under Trump, why would they do it now?

[Soph0571]

3. Next time round they will get rid to retain power indefinitely

Last administration they got rid with the courts for power. Next time who knows

[qazplm135]

12. no they wont

name one time in human history someone or some group has "retained power indefinitely."

Hyperbolic apocalypse talk doesn't make things any better.

[Cosmo Blues]

15. 75% of the republicans in Congress

Voted not to certify the election. It's not that they would retain power forever, but they would try to. Do you live in America have you seen the progression of the Republican party? Republican legislatures all over the country are gaming the system to put partisan Republicans in charge of elections, and if they don't like the outcome they've given themselves the power to change it. This isn't hyperbole, I wish it were

[Funtatlaguy]

4. Didn't need to. They got their big tax cut and a 6-3 SCOTUS.

That really all they cared about.

[qazplm135]

11. then why do it this time

if they got all they cared about?

[Kablooie]

10. They didn't need to. They got what they wanted even with the filibuster and...

they wanted to save it for themselves for right now.

But once they gain both houses and the presidency again, which is likely with so many states rigging their voting system for Republican wins, they will kill the filibuster because they won't allow Democrats to stand in the way of federal voting laws that will ensure a permanent Republican majority forever.

This is something that was never contemplated before. Everyone accepted democracy as a given. Now because of Trump they realized they can eliminate our democracy and remain in power without opposition like other world dictatorships.

[In It to Win It]

18. If they cared about an issue as much as they cared about filling SCOTUS vacancies

when they have power, I think they'd nuke it.

[onecaliberal]

2. That fascist mother fucker won't be in the concentration camps. We will be.

[bdamomma]

6. Americans be damned

is what these liars who promote the big lie want. Our work is not done, they are undermining us right to our faces!!!

[onecaliberal]

7. Yes they are.

[dalton99a]

5. One should be careful not to upset the terrorists who want you dead

[onecaliberal]

8. I'm sorry, I won't be a "good German"

[bdamomma]

9. crap

me neither.

[monkeyman1]

13. Nuremburg trials will be starting soon !!!

[czarjak]

14. Birchers be like...

"Mission accomplished"?

[Goodheart]

16. These sorts of criticisms assume that Manchin is naive and/or delusional.

I don't think so. I believe Manchin fully expects Republicans to kill the filibuster when/if they take power. He just doesn't care, because that would pose no great harm to his reelection chances.

[Cosmo Blues]

17. The problem is

Without Mansion or without Sinema, either or both, we don't have the majority in the Senate and the Republicans do. I say let them try to pass a few laws that they really want when they bang their head against the Republican Senate wall they may think twice, because we've got who we've got. I also have to say it's not the filibuster, it's closure, the amount of votes needed for closure of a filibuster