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8. Why not make them actually do it?
Wed Sep 25, 2024, 06:58 AM
Sep 2024

Instead they just threaten to do it, and require 60 votes to get them to stop, that balls shrink and people back down. Make them do it. Call their bluff and get them to do their threat.

Those old, weak, GOP balls and bladders would likely give up after 30 minutes, because those old white dudes can't stand and talk for more than a half-hour without needing to go to the bathroom.

Can you imagine "Moscow Mitch" yapping on the Senate floor for more than 30 minutes? He would have a literal brain-freeze after 15 minutes.

My father told me years ago, "No One ACTUALLY gets on the Senate floor and talks for hours. Make THOSE FUCKERS actually do it!"

No need to eliminate the filibuster, but make them actually carry through on their threat. Then the WHOLE WORLD can see their obstructionism first-hand.


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