Sen. Manchin’s op-ed on the #ForThePeopleAct is full of unsound, unserious arguments.
Let’s unpack it.
Show this thread
-
Four years and one insurrection later, Democrats have learned that today’s Republican Party poses a mortal threat to our democracy.pic.twitter.com/lEdfPd4g2X
Show this thread
The filibuster has nothing to do with the Founders. In fact, the Founders specifically rejected the idea of requiring supermajority support for passing laws. We cannot let this Jim Crow relic cement the new Jim Crow.pic.twitter.com/cs9j7lNR1d
-
-
That is exactly what we’re facing if we don’t pass the For the People Act: a generation of far-right minority rule by a party hostile to democracy itself. The
#ForThePeopleAct would simply give people the power to choose a better future.pic.twitter.com/HhMwGPjapa
Show this thread -
If we introduced H.R.4 and brought it to a vote, it would receive no more than 51 votes — not enough to overcome a filibuster. And the bill would do nothing about gerrymandering, Big Money in politics, or the damage the GOP has already done in the states.pic.twitter.com/5HmVlr5Xz7
Show this thread -
Actually, we’re arguing that we should pass necessary civil rights legislation that is bipartisan *among the people*. Just not with GOP politicians and the billionaires who bankroll them. By dooming our democracy in the name of bipartisanship, Senator Manchin is betraying both.pic.twitter.com/byubRBeeBi
Show this thread -
Senator Manchin is correct — democracy is special. But if he refuses to budge from his position, ours will continue to unravel.pic.twitter.com/tJcf1xah45
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
What do you expect! He is from a Jim Crow state
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
When they say founds the answer should always be who cares what they wanted because they are dead, and we are the ones living here.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
“The Senate, of which I am a member, has absolute power.” What a self-own. Also, SCOTUS would like a word...
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
solutions, ?????????, solutions for who????????, for what,???? health care, immigration, education, transportation, opportunities,, exactly what solutions???, hunger, poverty, life work balance? anything besides defense contracts???
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
End the filibuster!
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.