Now is the time for the U.S. Senate to do the right thing and call a vote on crucial voting rights legislation. Future generations are counting on us to protect our democracy. I wrote out some thoughts about why this is so important. usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
The filibuster has no basis in the Constitution, and in recent years, it has become a routine way for the Senate minority to block important progress on issues supported by the majority of voters. But we can’t allow it to be used to block efforts to protect our democracy.
@BarackObama @chipfranklin It balanced rash decisions when our country was young. Our Republic was never supposed to be threatened from within or ruled by minority manipulation. Democracy is majority rule. There should be no wild card winners like football in an elected government.
@ALL3rd @BarackObama @chipfranklin We’re not a democracy we’re a democratic republic