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'Tool Of The White Supremacist South:' Chris Hayes On Racist History Of Filibuster - All In - MSNBC
Mitch McConnell said the filibuster has “no racial history at all.” However, “the actual use of the filibuster as its developed has been, almost more than anything, a tool of the white supremacist South and a cudgel to block civil rights,” says Chris Hayes. Aired on 03/24/2021.
