{"id":1212847,"date":"2022-01-12T23:49:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T04:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1212847"},"modified":"2022-01-12T23:49:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T04:49:27","slug":"tom-cotton-repeats-schumers-own-defense-of-the-filibuster-in-fiery-floor-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-repeats-schumers-own-defense-of-the-filibuster-in-fiery-floor-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cotton Repeats Schumer\u2019s Own Defense Of The Filibuster In Fiery Floor Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftom-cotton-repeats-schumers-own-defense-of-the-filibuster-in-fiery-floor-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1212847&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton defended the filibuster in a Senate floor speech Wednesday consisting entirely of Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2019s past words.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/03\/chuck-schumer-democrat-voting-bill-filibuster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vowed<\/a> to debate making reforms to the filibuster on the Senate floor by Jan. 17 in response to Republicans successfully blocking the passage of Democrat-led election takeover bills within the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton, repeating Schumer\u2019s own words in support of the filibuster, said the U.S. is on the \u201cprecipice of a constitutional crisis\u201d amid Democrats\u2019 calls of eliminating the filibuster. He said the Founding Fathers designed the Senate to ensure checks and balances and prevent majority rule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate is not a majoritarian body,\u201d Cotton read. \u201cThe bottom line is very simple. The ideologues of the Senate want to turn what the Founding Fathers called the cooling saucer of democracy into a rubber stamp of dictatorship. They will make this country into a banana republic where if you don\u2019t get your way, you change the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Arkansas senator reiterated Schumer\u2019s words that allowing for the majoritarian rule will be a \u201cdoomsday for democracy.\u201d He read Schumer\u2019s previous promises of preventing the \u201cnuclear option\u201d with the intent of protecting \u201cthis great republic and its great traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Chuck Schumer* speaks on the Senate floor in defense of the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>*Senator Cotton\u2019s speech consisted entirely of Senator Schumer\u2019s past statements. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zGfbpr7G5t\">pic.twitter.com\/zGfbpr7G5t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1481358911135535104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe nuclear option is being pushed largely by the radioactive rhetoric of a small band of radicals who hold in their hands the political fortunes of the president,\u201d the senator read.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton, in his own words, said Schumer \u201cso eloquently\u201d defended the Senate\u2019s \u201crules, customs and traditions\u201d prior to the Democratic Party\u2019s recent calls for eliminating the filibuster. The senator said Schumer is prepared to \u201cdestroy the Senate\u201d for the benefit of his own party. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/10\/mitch-mcconnell-chuck-schumer-voting-bill-big-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: McConnell Blasts \u2018The Left\u2019s Big Lie\u2019 As Schumer Prepares Another Voting Bill Push)&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are powerful words,\u201d Cotton said. \u201cBut they\u2019re not mine, every word of my speech today was originally spoken by our esteemed colleague, the senior senator from New York, Chuck Schumer \u2026 Think about it, the narrowest majority in Senate history wants to break the Senate rules to control how voters in every state elect senators. Could there be a better argument to preserve the Senate\u2019s rules, customs and traditions?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo before it\u2019s too late, let us reflect on the wise and eloquent words of Senator Schumer. Words that are as true today as they were when he spoke them. Even if Senator Schumer is singing a different tune today,\u201d Cotton concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats are pushing to change, or even eliminate, the filibuster in order to prevent any blockage of passing two major elections bills, known as the Freedom to Vote and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Acts, that would nationalize federal election laws. The bills would allow the Justice Department to strike down election procedures, crafted at the state level, if it deems them to be discriminatory.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden called on the Senate to reform the chamber\u2019s rules and even possibly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/11\/biden-filibuster-georgia-voting-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eliminate<\/a> the filibuster in order to pass the two pieces of legislation during a speech in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Sens. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/11\/joe-manchin-filibuster-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Manchin<\/a> of West Virginia and Krysten Sinema of Arizona have consistently opposed changes to the filibuster. Manchin said any changes should have two-thirds support, meaning that 17 Republicans would have to agree in support of repeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Arkansas Sen. 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