{"id":309308,"date":"2021-03-25T12:45:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=309308"},"modified":"2021-03-25T12:45:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:45:44","slug":"activists-plan-to-convince-sinema-manchin-to-support-filibuster-reform-by-calling-them-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-plan-to-convince-sinema-manchin-to-support-filibuster-reform-by-calling-them-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists Plan To Convince Sinema, Manchin To Support Filibuster Reform By Calling Them Racist"},"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\">28<\/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%2Factivists-plan-to-convince-sinema-manchin-to-support-filibuster-reform-by-calling-them-racist%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=309308&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-3429.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Civil rights activists say they aim to convince Democrat \u201cswing vote\u201d Senators Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) and Joe Manchin (WV) to support ending the filibuster by accusing them of \u201csupporting racism\u201d and opposing voting rights for minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are aiming to do away with the filibuster in order to make pressing through progressive agenda items easier. Without the filibuster, they would need just a simple majority \u2014 50 senators plus the support of Vice President Kamala Harris \u2014 to enact major changes to federal law without the \u201csuper-majority\u201d of 60 votes currently required.<\/p>\n<p>Without the filibuster, Democrats might easily pass gun control, make major reforms to voting laws that could loosen protections against election fraud, and end restrictions on immigration, according to proposals made by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Sinema and Manchin, however, likely stand in the way of Democrat efforts, and while both have expressed tepid support for making slight changes to filibuster rules, neither has fully committed to doing away with the procedural tool, leaving progressives furious. In past weeks, a number of Democrats, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), have tried to move Sinema and Manchin on the issue by suggesting that the Senate filibuster is a tool historically used by racists to protect white supremacy \u2014 a suggestion that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanleader.senate.gov\/newsroom\/remarks\/democrats-filibuster-threats-arent-about-principle-just-raw-power\">called a cynical ploy for unchecked power<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Al Sharpton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/senate-filibuster-al-sharpton-threatens-joe-manchin-sinema-racist\">told Politico on Thursday<\/a> that he plans to take the racism claim one step further and charge both Sinema and Manchin with supporting and facilitating white supremacy if they do not commit to filibuster reform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pressure that we are going to put on Sinema and Manchin is calling [the filibuster] racist and saying that they are, in effect, supporting racism,\u201d Sharpton said. \u201cWhy would they be wedded to something that has those results? Their voters need to know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharpton told Politico that he is not concerned what racism accusations might do to a politician\u2019s reputation, even if those accusations are not supported by evidence. The ends, he seemed to tell Politico, justify the means.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of us, and certainly all of us in the civil rights leadership, are committed to policies and laws and causes, not to people\u2019s political careers. We\u2019re not into that. We want to change the country,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd if there is not feasible evidence that we\u2019re doing that, it is not in our concern to be aggressively involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharpton may be the highest-profile civil rights activist to speak on the issue, but others told Politico they would follow his lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do they expect me to say if we can\u2019t get anything passed? Do they want me to go out and explain to people [what] the filibuster [is]?\u201d the president of Color of Change said in an interview with the outlet. \u201c[Voters aren\u2019t] going to want to hear about the filibuster. They\u2019re not going to hear about bipartisanship. They\u2019re going to hear about how you fought back in the face of the barriers that were put in the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin would likely be the target of most of Sharpton\u2019s rhetoric given that he is the only Senator who has yet to sign on to support HR1 the so-called \u201cFor the People Act\u201d which, Politico notes, would \u201cdrastically transform nearly every aspect of the American electoral system, from campaign financing to how elections are conducted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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