{"id":1221837,"date":"2022-01-18T11:37:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1221837"},"modified":"2022-01-18T11:37:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:37:25","slug":"democrat-lawmakers-criticize-dissenters-to-killing-filibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-lawmakers-criticize-dissenters-to-killing-filibuster\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat lawmakers criticize dissenters to killing filibuster"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fdemocrat-lawmakers-criticize-dissenters-to-killing-filibuster%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=1221837&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 id=\"attachment_2638154\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2638154\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2638154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22013725644746.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speaks to the media after Senate Democrats met privately with President Joe Biden, Jan. 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. ( AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana, File)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22013725644746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22013725644746-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22013725644746-655x437.jpg 655w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22013725644746-768x512.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2638154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speaks to the media after Senate Democrats met privately with President Joe Biden, Jan. 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. ( AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:01 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, January 18, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Democrat lawmakers seem to be sharpening their tongues at dissenters of killing the Senate filibuster. While invoking the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, top party leaders attempted to gaslight Senate Republicans and Democrat Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.).<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stressed the only way Democrats can pass their controversial election laws is to rid the upper chamber of its longstanding practice. This would allow the slim majority to jam through their legislation and circumvent negotiations with the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>Far-left lawmaker Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) has also been trying to pressure both moderate Democrat senators to drop their firm opposition to changing the filibuster. On Monday, the independent tweeted that the only vote that matters when voting rights comes to the floor is that of overriding the longstanding Senate rule.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As the voting rights bill finally comes to the floor of the Senate, there is only one vote which will really matter. Will 50 Democrats vote to override the filibuster, protect American democracy and pass the bill, or will Manchin&nbsp;and Sinema vote with the GOP and let the bill die?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1483163485261414406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sanders specifically took aim at Manchin and Sinema by insinuating they would be failing to protect democracy if they don\u2019t vote to change the rule.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) went as far as to say those who don\u2019t conform to the Democrat agenda are dishonoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cIf you really truly want to honor Dr. King, don\u2019t dishonor him by using a congressional custom as an excuse for protecting our democracy,\u201d she stated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris added to the attacks while vowing to not absolve lawmakers that step out of line. Harris claimed America\u2019s democracy is under attack as states like Georgia and Texas have passed laws promoting election integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, reports suggest these states promote better access to the ballot box than several Democrat-led states despite their comparisons to the Jim Crow South.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cNow Georgia has two days of Sunday voting that is optional, that you can do it,\u201d explained Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.). \u201cAnd by the way, there are no drop boxes before the pandemic. There were none and now we still have drop boxes, so an accommodation made for a pandemic are going to continue in the future when theoretically the pandemic is over. And shall I point out that Georgia has more early voting days than does Delaware or New York by far?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, these attempts to bully Manchin and Sinema into towing the party line seem to be fruitless. Last week, both moderate Democrats reiterated their support for the filibuster after hammering home their support since calls to kill the filibuster began.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Republicans in the minority, led by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), have warned ending the practice would forever diminish the voices of whichever party ends up in the minority.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe smallest majority we\u2019ve ever seen in our politics is trying to change the rules for how people get elected in every single state,\u201d said the Kentucky lawmaker. \u201cThat\u2019s just about the best argument for the the filibuster you could possibly imagine.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McConnell has pointed out in past criticisms that Democrats have been quick to abuse the filibuster when they are in the minority. Other GOP critics have revealed Democrats who now decry the practice were at one point in time ardent supporters of it.<\/p>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Schumer is expected to bring the so-called voting rights bills to debate on Tuesday. However, critics continue to point out with only 48 senators in support of the bills, two dissenting party members and universal Republican opposition, the bills will likely be dead on arrival.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/dem-run-states-reportedly-using-covid-relief-funds-for-climate-issues\/\">Dem-Run States Reportedly Using COVID Relief Funds For Climate Issues<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1221837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1221837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1221837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1221837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1221837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}