Manchin just indicated he would not blow up the filibuster to codify Roe blah blah blah

[Nevilledog]

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Paul McLeod
@pdmcleod

Big: Senator Joe Manchin just indicated he would not blow up the filibuster to codify Roe, saying he believes the filibuster is a check on power that preserves abortion rights. Without Manchin, the chance of passing Roe into law is pretty much zero.

8:54 AM · May 3, 2022

WTFing bullshit is this??????

[onecaliberal]

1. Just like the good little republican he is. Russian owned piece of shit needs to STFU.

[dalton99a]

7. +1

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. He's not even pretending anymore

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. Doing what McConnell tells him to do. He'll change his tune if Repugs take back the Senate.

[BradAllison]

4. "BU...BUH.....BUT GOOOODDD BLEEEESSS JOE MANSION!!!!!!"

What an absolute shit stain he is. Along with best friend Susan Collins.

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5. How long before the other Dino senator follows him?

[Nevilledog]

13. I'm not sure I understand Sinema's statement

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Farnoush Amiri
@FarnoushAmiri

Sen. Krysten Sinema: “Protections in the Senate safeguarding against the erosion of women’s access to health care have been used half-a-dozen times in the past ten years, and are more important now than ever.”

8:34 AM · May 3, 2022

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17. Yeah, what does that mean? IMO it's purposely vague.

She'll have to show her hand at some point.

[Nevilledog]

18. I think it's about KEEPING the filibuster as is

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19. That sounds about right. No fan of Manchin at all but he at least...

tells you where his weaselly behind stands.

[Nevilledog]

28. AOC agrees with us

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
We could protect Roe tomorrow, but Sinema refuses to act on the filibuster. Until that changes she can take a seat talking about “women’s access to health care.”

Hold everyone contributing to this disaster accountable, GOP & Dem obstructionists included. She should be primaried.

Sahil Kapur
@sahilkapur
.@SenatorSinema on SCOTUS/Roe: “Throughout my time in Congress, I’ve always supported women’s access to health care, I’m a cosponsor of the Women’s Health Protection Act, and I’ll continue working with anyone to protect women’s ability to make decisions about their futures.”
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29. AOC is on point on this. I expected her to be and I hope she takes...

the lead and helps organize street protests on this like the pussyhat marches back when trump got elected.

[JT45242]

6. Make him put that on the record in a vote

No more of his "he votes with Biden" BS -- since they never make him vote when he would go against his nominal party.
Make him put his RWNJ stances on the record. I don't care if we burn any chance of him winning WV next time.

Make him and EVERY OTHER SENATOR put the vote on the record.

If he threatens to jump ship -- let him do it. It will only help us in NOvember to elect actual Democrats and not self aggrandizing, self-enriching scumbags who are beholden only to their own dirty coal business and the oligarchs who have bought them off.

[aocommunalpunch]

9. This a bazillion times over.

MAKE THE FUCKERS VOTE ON IT. MAKE THE FUCKERS VOTE ON IT. MAKE THE FUCKERS VOTE ON IT.

THEN, BEAT THEM OVER THE HEAD WITH IT.

[Magoo48]

20. Yup.

[lame54]

8. Manchin is pro life...

He couldn't be happier

[Walleye]

11. No excuses but, if he were to blow up the filibuster now to codify row versus wade

He would literally be lynched back in West Virginia. There have been so many death threats. These people think God has sent them to save unborn lives. That justifies anything in their minds

[Nictuku]

12. I can't wait until he is irrelevant

[raging moderate]

14. We should not be letting them call this thing they do a filibuster.

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The sly little sleight of hand half-secret bureaucratic procedure which is currently mislabeled the filibuster is nothing like the original filibuster, which at least required real guts and energy and risk and effort. They in fact have already blown up the real filibuster. It no longer exists. We should not let them get away with pretending that this procedure is anything like a real filibuster. If they could do away wiith the real filibuster, then we can do away with this fake filibuster.

[Magoo48]

23. Correct. Call it what you will, but the filibuster is an organized attack on our democracy

through intentional misuse and corrupt manipulation of our governmental systems and the general conspiracy to misdirect constitutional intent.

[Bev54]

15. Then get Collins, she owes the American people that at the very least

and I think Murkowsky may as well.

[Vinca]

16. This guy has too many right wing donors he's beholden to. The filibuster isn't in the founding

documents, it was pulled out of some senator's behind. It's anti-democratic.

[Mike Nelson]

21. Well...

... I think there is some nobility in being consistently in favor of this rule. However, when Republicans are back in charge, there will be only a consideration of what works best for Republicans. There will be no nobility... and rules will change quickly.

[greenjar_01]

22. My surprised look

[Fullduplexxx]

24. He's a Republican. He said he would switch parties if thune were minority leader

[Emile]

25. Does this surprise anyone? Now back to the Bernie bashing!

SARCASM

[Torchlight]

26. The good senator is working hard

in reducing the bare minimum required to be a Democrat of good faith.

[Sneederbunk]

27. Make him irrelevant in November.