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Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts) Wed Jan 6, 2021, 02:34 PM Jan 2021

Passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act should be non-negotiable. This could be how they do it.

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Passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act should be non-negotiable. This could be how they do it. (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Jan 2021 OP

If extraordinary measures were used to destroy, then extraordinary measures must be used to rebuild. dalton99a Jan 2021 #1

And if the VRA is blocked by filibuster, all eyes will be on Manchin. Fiendish Thingy Jan 2021 #2

dalton99a

(81,598 posts)

1. If extraordinary measures were used to destroy, then extraordinary measures must be used to rebuild.

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Wed Jan 6, 2021, 02:36 PM

Jan 2021

Fiendish Thingy

(15,657 posts)

2. And if the VRA is blocked by filibuster, all eyes will be on Manchin.

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Original post)

Wed Jan 6, 2021, 02:56 PM

Jan 2021

If he balks at killing the filibuster, strip him of his committee assignments. If he threatens to jump to the GOP, so be it.

To ensure the future of democracy, the VRA must become law.

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