The filibuster is already dead

[Nevilledog]

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Sawyer Hackett
@SawyerHackett

Republicans aren’t even being shy about whether they will end the filibuster if they take the Senate.

[moondust]

1. It's a given.

They won't hesitate to kill it.

[lagomorph777]

2. Why are we just waiting for the Reptilians to do it?

Do we always have to unilaterally disarm?

[onecaliberal]

6. Because there are two pretenders on our side.

The traitor party is traitoring on unified.

[lagomorph777]

9. Yeah.

[The Roux Comes First]

3. We May Be Down to Only Two At Least Pretending to Soil Their Undies

Over the whole concept of filibuster "reform" or elimination. It's astonishing we haven't after a year at least made it to the point where a full-on talk-all-night bit of performance art is required rather than the sorry game it is now.

[lagomorph777]

5. And you know, the second the Senate flips (assuming SineManchin are still in it)...

...they will enthusiastically support killing the Filibuster.

[Nevilledog]

10. And they'll say the Democrats made them do it. Guaranteed.

[onecaliberal]

4. Oh no it's okay, we just need to wait some more.

[doc03]

7. Manchin said months ago he would be in favor of a talking filibuster, why not try that?

Split the bill up into separate bills and make Manchin and Sinama vote against each of them.

[temporary311]

12. I suspect he was

full of shit when he said that, and he would move the goalposts if that rule change were attempted.

[Bettie]

8. The ONLY reason they might

not do it is because it protects them from their worst impulses.

They can count on Democrats to keep them from, say, ending Social Security and Medicare, which would end them being elected. But, with the filibuster, they can claim they tried and that the dastardly Democrats stopped them.

The biggest role the filibuster fulfils is allowing senators to be for a thing and against it, because they never have to actually vote yes or no on it.

[Nevilledog]

11. They're a death cult at this point. They'll just privatize everything to death (including us)

[Lovie777]

13. Somethings a foot because the .....

GQP congresscritters are threatening like a motherf***er.