{"id":571181,"date":"2021-06-22T21:06:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T01:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=571181"},"modified":"2021-06-22T21:06:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T01:06:17","slug":"youve-used-it-too-jake-tapper-corners-democratic-senator-on-claim-that-filibuster-is-corrupt-and-abused-by-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youve-used-it-too-jake-tapper-corners-democratic-senator-on-claim-that-filibuster-is-corrupt-and-abused-by-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You\u2019ve Used It Too\u2019: Jake Tapper Corners Democratic Senator On Claim That Filibuster Is \u2018Corrupt\u2019 And \u2018Abused\u2019 By Republicans"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fyouve-used-it-too-jake-tapper-corners-democratic-senator-on-claim-that-filibuster-is-corrupt-and-abused-by-republicans%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=571181&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\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-22-at-7.15.30-PM-e1624408995198.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>CNN anchor Jake Tapper pressed Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal on his opposition to the filibuster during a Tuesday interview.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/03\/12\/blumenthal-appalled-lost-2-months-coronavirus-impeaching-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blumenthal<\/a> joined Tapper on \u201cThe Lead\u201d to discuss efforts to modify the filibuster or abolish it altogether and complained that Republicans \u201coveruse, abuse and misuse\u201d it in their attempts to block the Democrats\u2019 agenda. <strong><a class=\"text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/05\/01\/barr-blumenthal-criminal-justice-political-weapon\/\">(RELATED: Barr Unloads On Blumenthal: \u2018We Have To Stop Using The Criminal Justice Process As A Political Weapon\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tapper began by pointing out the fact that Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, asking Blumenthal what he meant when he claimed billionaires were controlling politics.<\/p>\n<p>Blumenthal said that even with control of the House and the White House, a split Senate meant that a lot of bills might not even make it to debate with a 60-vote threshold. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why a lot of us, including many of our leaders, believe that we should tremendously modify the filibuster. I\u2019m in favor of abolishing it, but in the meantime, we can mobilize, support the American people to understand that dark money, the money that goes to elections without disclosure is determining the outcomes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator, haven\u2019t you voted in favor of filibustering Republican legislation, not allowing them to even proceed to a discussion, an amendment process, and debate on a bill?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/02\/nice-try-jake-susan-collins-wont-tell-jake-tapper-2020-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tapper<\/a> asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have used the 60-vote threshold a number of times,\u201d Blumenthal replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re talking about it being corrupt, but you\u2019ve used it, too,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/02\/made-up-convoluted-crap-jake-tapper-republicans-truth-hazardous-political-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tapper<\/a> pushed back. <strong><a class=\"text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/04\/politico-playbook-pits-chris-wallace-jake-tapper-booking-republicans\/\">(RELATED: \u2018I Cover The News, Wherever That Takes Me\u2019: Politico Playbook Pits Chris Wallace Against Jake Tapper Over Booking Republicans)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dark money is corrupt. The current finance system and its corruption is what we want to end,\u201d Blumenthal continued. \u201cThe filibuster is a rule that stymies majority vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blumenthal went on to argue that the founding fathers would have \u201cabsolutely rejected\u201d the filibuster, claiming that Republicans \u201coveruse, abuse, and misuse\u201d it so often that many Democrats were ready to scrap it.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fox News anchor John Roberts\u2019 recent tally, however, Democrats used the filibuster over 300 times in the last year \u2014 Republicans used it just once.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.2710280373832\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> denounced the rampant abuse of the filibuster last year, we did some digging. Republicans used it once. Democrats used it 327 times. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnrobertsFox\/status\/1375471429660127236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN anchor Jake Tapper pressed Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal on his opposition to the filibuster during a Tuesday interview.Blumenthal joined Tapper on \u201cThe Lead\u201d to discuss efforts to modify &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281047,"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\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-22-at-7.15.30-PM-e1624408995198.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018You\u2019ve Used It Too\u2019: Jake Tapper Corners Democratic Senator On Claim That Filibuster Is \u2018Corrupt\u2019 And \u2018Abused\u2019 By Republicans","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-22-at-7.15.30-PM-e1624408995198.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018You\u2019ve Used It Too\u2019: Jake Tapper Corners Democratic Senator On Claim That Filibuster Is \u2018Corrupt\u2019 And \u2018Abused\u2019 By Republicans","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571181","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=571181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}