{"id":256113,"date":"2021-03-19T13:15:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T17:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=256113"},"modified":"2021-03-19T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T17:15:30","slug":"senator-elizabeth-warren-claims-filibuster-has-deep-roots-in-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-elizabeth-warren-claims-filibuster-has-deep-roots-in-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Elizabeth Warren Claims Filibuster \u2018Has Deep Roots In Racism\u2019"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fsenator-elizabeth-warren-claims-filibuster-has-deep-roots-in-racism%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=256113&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2103.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/elizabeth-warren-senate-filibuster-racist-2a820f54-45d6-4047-bb91-96cdc6c296e8.html?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_content=politics-filibuster\">Axios<\/a> on Thursday, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts spoke out against the legislative filibuster, saying that it \u201chas deep roots in racism\u201d and was not an original idea of the founding fathers. Her comments come as progressive Democrats push harder to get rid of the Senate tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Warren said, \u201cThe filibuster has deep roots in racism, and it should not be permitted to serve that function, or to create a veto for the minority. In a democracy, it\u2019s majority rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warren told Axios that, at the Constitutional Convention, \u201cthe founders debated whether to require a supermajority in either House of Congress, and decided that government would function more effectively if both the Senate and the House worked by simple majority \u2026 When they didn\u2019t want a simple majority, for example in an impeachment, they said so specifically. The filibuster is a later creation that was designed to give the South the ability to veto any effective civil rights legislation or anti lynching legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This argument against the filibuster comes at a time when voting rights laws are up for significant debate in Congress. The House recently passed H.R. 1, the \u201cFor the People Act,\u201d which would drastically change voter laws across the country. Democrats have spoken about the need for such a bill as Republican-controlled state legislatures move to pass their own voting rights laws that Democrats claim promote voter suppression \u2014<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>specifically of the minority vote.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/17\/schumer-says-everything-is-on-the-table-to-pass-voting-rights-legislation-in-senate.html\">Wednesday<\/a>, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that \u201ceverything is on the table\u201d when it comes to getting the \u201cFor the People Act\u201d passed in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will see if our Republican friends join us. If they don\u2019t join us, our caucus will come together and decide the appropriate action to take,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cFailure is not an option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Representative Hank Johnson of Georgia (D) stated a similar position when he spoke with Axios\u2019 Kadia Goba. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/elizabeth-warren-senate-filibuster-racist-2a820f54-45d6-4047-bb91-96cdc6c296e8.html?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_content=politics-filibuster\">Axios<\/a> reports,\u201d\u2018It\u2019s important that we not continue to allow the filibuster to be a tool used to suppress the right to vote, that black people have fought and died for,\u2019 Johnson said, adding that he thinks moderate Democrats should consider changes to the Senate rule that would exclude it from applying to voting rights legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mcconnell-warns-democrats-what-republicans-will-do-if-democrats-end-filibuster-would-be-childs-play\/\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported, on Tuesday Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted the idea of nuking the filibuster, asserting:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>They are arguing for a radically less stable and less consensus-driven system of government. Forget about enduring laws with broad support. Nothing in federal law would ever be settled. Does anyone really believe the American people were voting for an entirely new system of government by electing Joe Biden to the White House and a 50-50 Senate? This is 50-50 Senate. There was no mandate to completely transform America by the American people on November 3.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Joe Biden said earlier this week that he does not think that the filibuster must be done away with entirely. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-wants-to-bring-back-talking-filibuster-what-it-was-supposed-to-be\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported that in an interview with ABC\u2019s George Stephanopoulos, Biden said that the older version of the filibuster, deemed the \u201ctalking filibuster,\u201d could be brought back instead of doing away with the process entirely.<\/p>\n<p>With the Democrats in control of the House and Senate, there may be a higher likelihood that reforms of the Senate rules could take effect. However, moderate Democrat Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/3\/17\/22336181\/joe-manchin-filibuster-reform-41-votes-talking-jeff-merkley-senate-rules\">stated<\/a> that he is not in favor of doing away with the filibuster, although he may be in favor of a \u201ctalking filibuster.\u201d Manchin\u2019s position on the Senate guidelines makes the 2022 elections that much more interesting to both Republicans and Democrats hoping to gain ground in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with Axios on Thursday, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts spoke out against the legislative filibuster, saying that it \u201chas deep roots in racism\u201d and was not &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310823,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2103.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Senator Elizabeth Warren Claims Filibuster \u2018Has Deep Roots In Racism\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2103.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Senator Elizabeth Warren Claims Filibuster \u2018Has Deep Roots In Racism\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256113","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=256113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}