Al Franken Predicts Democrats Will Pass Voting Rights Bills In Response To Georgia Jim Crow 2.0

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https://www.politicususa.com/2021/03/26/al-franken-voting-rights-bills.html


Posted on Fri, Mar 26th, 2021 by Jason Easley
Al Franken Predicts Democrats Will Pass Voting Rights Bills In Response To Georgia Jim Crow 2.0


Former Sen. Al Franken said that he has been talking to his former colleagues, and he predicts that Democrats will pass new voting rights bills in response to Georgia voter suppression.

Link to tweet

Franken said on MSNBC:

Three things I think will happen because of this. First of all, we’re going to pass some version of S.1 and of the House bill HR. 1 and HR.4 And pre-clearance and some federal — because this is so bad and everybody knows it. And to do that, we’re going to have to do something about the filibuster. Now, first of all, we may do something where you lower the threshold to 51 on voting, like a carve-out. And that makes a lot of sense. This is so fundamental to our democracy.

And then, as you mentioned, you reform the filibuster. Joe Manchin has said he doesn’t want to get rid of the filibuster, but he’s open to reforming it. And I’ve been talking to my former colleagues about this, and I think this is possible. And Norm Ornstein and I a few years ago came up with how to do this. Basically, you have to get 60 votes to break a filibuster, you have to get 41 votes to sustain a filibuster, in this case, the Republicans, and they have to be on the floor to do that. And then they would have to do a talking filibuster, which means they would have to debate this. And believe me, I know — I do know my colleagues, they don’t want to have to be there in the middle of the night. This will get old very quick. This is viable.

Senators don’t want to be on the floor all night because Ted Cruz wants to make a point. Many of the Senators in the Republican caucus are older and they are not going to want to stick around for 24 or 48 to block legislation. The whole point is to not make the filibuster easy. If Republicans want to filibuster, they will have to put in the effort.

Every single Democrat, including Sen. Manchin, agrees with filibuster reform. What former Sen. Franken laid out is exactly what is likely to happen.

Democrats aren’t going to sit back and allow Republicans to rig elections. Georgia Republicans may have sealed the GOP’s fate with their voter suppression laws.

[Lucinda]

1. Yep. They absolutely should and the actions of the corrupt GA GOP provide the reason why...

❤️ ~✿~❧~🌿~❧~✿~ ❤️

[SheltieLover]

2. K&R!

[spanone]

3. ⭐️K&R⭐️

[magicarpet]

4. One can only hope,... or else we are royally fucked,...

.... as is Biden's agenda and policies going into 2022 including our majorities in the H & S.

[2naSalit]

5. I hope he's right.

He usually is so I feel a little better about my speculations which are similar.

[PortTack]

6. Me too! Saw his interview on CNN..he's very positive about it

[MustLoveBeagles]

7. K&R

[Hortensis]

8. Yes, I believe GA's blatantly antidemocracy schemes empower us. nt

[WarGamer]

9. Bigger, more important question...

What will SCOTUS say?

[Bonn1997]

10. Exactly...I'm surprised more people are not talking about that

[DFW]

11. I love to see this

It’s good to see Al’s “rehabilitation” proceed with full speed ahead, not that he ever should have needed one any more than Arlo Guthrie needed one in “Alice’s Restaurant.”

The media has finally realized they fell for, and enhanced, a Republican-sponsored scam. Now, finally, the media outlets want to have him on, hear what he has to say. No outright apology, but the mere fact that he is invited so frequently is statement enough. He was badly wronged, and they regret it. His wise words may no longer emanate from the Senate floor, and that is tragic, but we once again get to hear them, and that is always a good thing.