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Obama Uses John Lewis Funeral to Call for ‘Eliminating the Filibuster’
breitbart.com ^ | 7/30/2020 | Joel B Pollak

Posted on 07/30/2020 2:00:30 PM PDT by rktman

Former President Barack Obama used his eulogy at the funeral of Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) to call for an end to the Senate filibuster to pass Democrats’ new legislation on voting reform.

Obama said that Republicans had imitated Jim Crow-era restrictions on voting rights, which Lewis marched against, by passing state voter ID laws and other measures that conservatives argue prevent voter fraud.

“And if all this takes is ending the filibuster, another Jim Crow relic, in order to secure the God-given rights of every American, then that’s what we should do.”

Without mentioning Donald Trump by name, Obama likened the president to segregationist Democrat Gov. George Wallace of Alabama, and compared federal law enforcement officers to the police who beat civil rights marchers across the South.

He accused the government of “sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: demagogue; filibuster; johnlewisfuneral; mailinvoting; obama; pos
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To: rktman

We seem to have another wellstone memorial. Use it effectively, GOP.


61 posted on 07/30/2020 2:36:56 PM PDT by bwest
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To: Bayan

Yep, he’s low class and that was not necessary in a eulogy and I saw how many stood up when he spoke. I wonder if Bush and Clinton also stood up and applauded.


62 posted on 07/30/2020 2:37:23 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: rktman
I would have used my time to argue Obama should hang for his coup against President Trump.
63 posted on 07/30/2020 2:38:34 PM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: Jrabbit

Never did trust her.


64 posted on 07/30/2020 2:39:30 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: rktman

And that is another reason why the son-of-a-bitch is no good.


65 posted on 07/30/2020 2:40:46 PM PDT by jimfree (My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: EinNYC

You nailed it with “son of a whore”. She was nothing but a semen dumpster for third world commies. What a sorry whore she was.


66 posted on 07/30/2020 2:41:14 PM PDT by Levy78
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To: haircutter
The words"obama" and President should never be said in the same sentence. He was never President. Aided and abetted by traitors, he occupied the White House for 8 years. But he was never President.

President Trump is my President.

67 posted on 07/30/2020 2:41:36 PM PDT by sport
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To: rktman

What are the chances ol’ Stompy Feet will be doing Herman Cain’s eulogy?

Something like 1 in 23,300,000,000,000?

Useless turd...


68 posted on 07/30/2020 2:43:36 PM PDT by Paleo Pete (I smile because you are family. I laugh because you can do nothing about it...)
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To: Vision

Lead poison. 2000 fps. Phuck that bastard. So glad I don’t see that MF’er everyday.


69 posted on 07/30/2020 2:44:19 PM PDT by mund1011
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To: Fishtalk

....Don’t get mad at me. He is wonderful at his job...which is to speak the Commie meme well while looking good and sounding good.

He is great at his job.

Unfortunately the smooth tongued devil is good at his job. Has a lot of people thinking he’s the nicest man in the world. Hate to have to agree.


70 posted on 07/30/2020 2:45:19 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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At this point, they should just rename themselves the Ghoulocrats.


71 posted on 07/30/2020 2:46:06 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: rktman

UnAmerican aszhole...


72 posted on 07/30/2020 2:48:32 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: rktman

We turned on the TV and saw Nanzi striding toward the platform.

Immediately turned it off and went to yoo toob.


73 posted on 07/30/2020 2:49:30 PM PDT by sauropod (I will not comply.)
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To: rktman

I guess this guys “group” felt slighted by the saint Floyd funeral, had to go the extra mile for this one.
Wellstone 2.0


74 posted on 07/30/2020 2:49:53 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: rktman

What we should really eliminate, is the stinking B.O., possibly with some Right Guard.


      

75 posted on 07/30/2020 2:50:23 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: Morpheus2009

Well, having a reading test did hurt those who couldn’t read, but at the same time, I would say give those who can’t read some schooling and maybe an accommodation if dyslexic.


What they did, though, in the bad old days, was first put in a ‘grandfather exemption’. If your ancestor was eligible to vote in the election of 1860, you didn’t have to pass the literacy test. So whites with deep roots in the state were exempt. Secondly, the test administered could vary. Some states required you to read and interpret a passage from the state constitution. Obviously, some questions could be very easy and some very difficult.

FWIW, I saw my dad take and pass a literacy test in Arizona back in the 60s. He was asked to spell his name—not unusual at all, but then he was asked to spell ‘Phoenix’ and Arizona. I thought it odd that the guy registering him couldn’t spell Arizona and my dad said that was just the literacy test.


76 posted on 07/30/2020 2:50:41 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: TexasM1A

How is it that everyday families cannot go see their loved ones in the hospital or have a decent funeral, but this Rep has a BIG SHOW of a funeral and laying in state at the capital building and NO ONE says a word about COVID or distancing or containing a room to 50%...How about those churches in Nevada that the Supreme Couurt said could not have more than 50% or a certain # worshipping God! Damn Hippocrites


77 posted on 07/30/2020 2:52:44 PM PDT by princess leah (Princess Leahz)
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To: rktman

Lewis refused to go to Trump’s inauguration.


78 posted on 07/30/2020 2:56:30 PM PDT by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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To: Rebelbase

“Does the John Lewis travelling funeralpalooza finally come to an end today?”

You know Herman Cain won’t get 1/1000th the observance.


79 posted on 07/30/2020 3:03:38 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
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To: rktman

So very classless of him. Remember when he forced two grown men to share a beer on the White House lawn?


80 posted on 07/30/2020 3:12:26 PM PDT by scottiemom (As a retired Texas public4 school teacher, I highly recommend private school.)
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