on friday, former vice-president mike pence broke his silence on the january 6th attack to come out against changes to the filibuster, believe it or not. in a new op-ed pence wrote, in part, democrats plan to end the filibuster to, quote, pass a bill nationalizing our elections, would offend the founders intention that states conduct elections just as much as what some of our most ardent supporters, excuse me, would have had me do one year ago. i mean, it s just mind boggling. are you sure about that, mr. pence? you re saying that democrats trying to ensure the right to vote would offend our founding fathers just as much as an attempted coup? did you forget what that mob threatened to do to you? hang mike pence! hang mike pence! hang mike pence slam in case you couldn t hear that, that s the mob chanting
angry as well, and hopefully without the barricades or the obstacles of voter suppression, we will turn out in ways we did not in 2016, which will hopefully make it more like 2018. and i think we have to remember women. one of the things we saw in the midterms was white women without a college degree who were not evangelicals voted for democrats. and that was actually so we forget that the trump base isn t all solidified. there is also final thought here, someone who covers new york city politics, people want to make this about the south. those are new york politics. like there are versions of that that have happened, desegregating queens, like howard beach, things you and i have lived threw and covered, crown heights riots. that has racial politics, mob chanting. i ve seen that firsthand in new york city. you don t have to go down to some other place in the country to channel those politics. rudy giuliani. people are afraid of each other, and they don t always have reason to
obstacles of voter suppression, we will turn out in ways we did not in 2016, which will hopefully make it more like 2018. and i think we have to remember women. one of the things we saw in the midterms was white women without a college degree who were not evangelicals voted for democrats. and that was actually so we forget that the trump base isn t all solidified. there is also final thought here, someone who covers new york city politics, people want to make this about the south. those are new york politics. like there are versions of that that have happened, desegregating queens, like howard beach, things you and i have lived threw and covered, crown heights riots. that has racial politics, mob chanting. i ve seen that firsthand in new york city. you don t have to go down to some other place in the country to channel those politics. rudy giuliani. people are afraid of each other, and they don t always have reason to be.