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The President Needs to Pull Out All Stops Published: 20 July 2021
Last week, Majority Whip Clyburn, Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, made the observation that the filibuster currently being used in the U.S. Senate to block the Voting Rights Bill as well as the George Floyd Bill, is a matter of tradition and not a part of the U.S. Constitution. There was also a reference to how former President Lyndon Johnson used the full weight of his office as president to secure the needed votes to get the Voting Rights Act passed.
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After President Biden, during a CNN town hall Wednesday night, repeated his blatant lie that Republican voting reform bills were “Jim Crow on steroids,” MSNBC’s
Morning Joe on Thursday predictably doubled down on the false accusation. In the midst of a panel discussion touting Biden’s dishonest claim, left-wing pundits ranted that GOP election laws in states across the country were indeed like Jim Crow-era racism and a “threat to our democracy.”
“President Biden talking last night during a CNN town hall, criticizing Republican-led attempts to curb voting rights but stopping short of calling for an end to the filibuster,” co-host Willie Geist noted after running a soundbite of Biden telling leftist CNN anchor Don Lemon:
Texas House Democrats trying to block the GOP voting bill are pinning their hopes on Congress. So far Congress is unmoved.
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Texas House Democrats trying to block the GOP voting bill are pinning their hopes on Congress. So far Congress is unmoved.
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Jesse W. chanted in support of the For the People Act during a rally earlier this month in Concord, Massachusetts. Credit: Ann Rin/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
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