“He lied”: Black activists shame Biden s new filibuster defense as magical thinking Salon 2 hrs ago © Provided by Salon Joe Biden US President Joe Biden participates in a CNN Town Hall hosted by Don Lemon at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 21, 2021. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
President Joe Biden drew backlash from fellow Democrats on Wednesday after defending the filibuster in the face of a Republican assault on voting access that he compared to Jim Crow on steroids.
A recent college graduate pressed Biden on his defense of the filibuster rule during a CNN town hall in Cincinnati Wednesday, citing a nationwide Republican push to enact new voting restrictions that Biden himself has called the most dangerous threat to voting in the integrity of free and fair elections in our history.
Eighteen US states have enacted voter restrictions this year None have found widespread fraud
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Harris talking with GOP senators about voting rights legislation Tim Perry © Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images Vice President Harris Meets With Black Women s Roundtable On Voting Rights
Vice President Kamala Harris says she is speaking with Republican senators on a key piece of voting legislation. During a phone interview with CBS News, the vice president said there is no bright line defining whom she speaks to about voting rights legislation. She said it s a non-partisan issue and should be approached that way.
In response to a question about whether she had spoken with any GOP senators about S. 1, the sweeping voting rights bill that has been blocked in the Senate, she replied, I have spoken to Republican senators both elected Republicans and Republican leaders, Harris said, and she identified one GOP senator.
Kamala Harris says she s speaking with GOP senators about voting rights legislation By Tim Perry
July 20, 2021 / 9:23 PM / CBS News
Vice President Kamala Harris says she is speaking with Republican senators on a key piece of voting legislation. During a phone interview with CBS News, the vice president said there is no bright line defining whom she speaks to about voting rights legislation. She said it s a non-partisan issue and should be approached that way.
In response to a question about whether she had spoken with any GOP senators about S. 1, the sweeping voting rights bill that has been blocked in the Senate, she replied, I have spoken to Republican senators both elected Republicans and Republican leaders, Harris said, and she identified one GOP senator.