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Media headline that Mitch McConnell announces he’s willing to abandon the filibuster
American Thinker ^ | 26 Jan, 2021 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 01/26/2021 4:20:01 AM PST by MtnClimber

He’s jettisoning this 215-year-old protection for minority rights based upon promises from two Democrat senators.

...Thanks to Kamala’s tie-breaking vote, Sen. Chuck Schumer is the Majority Leader. He’s proposed an equal-power sharing agreement, provided that the Senate ditches the filibuster. Of course, the notion of equal power is a chimera. I did mention Kamala’s tie-breaking vote, right?

For a while McConnell held firm, refusing to go along with Schumer’s proposal. But Schumer nagged, whined, and complained. He went on MSNBC and said that McConnell’s stubbornness was making his “entire caucus” mad. For a while, McConnell held strong.

But no longer. McConnell got word that Sen. Joe Manchin (D. West Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D. Ariz.) have promised that they won’t vote to end the filibuster:

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McConnell is out of his ever-lovin' mind!

When it comes to Manchin, except for protecting his state’s oil and gas interests, the senator from West Virginia always talks conservative and then votes leftist. As John Nolte wrote, he “did not vote to put the highly-qualified Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court . . . [but he] did vote to impeach President Donald Trump.”

Sinema is a different story. Her history suggests that she should be the senate equivalent of AOC and her Squad: She’s a bisexual who fervently supports LGBTQ+ issues, was a social worker, belonged to the Green Party, was a member of Code Pink, and hangs out with witches. Nevertheless, she has functioned as a moderate Democrat in the Senate. She is essentially the mirror image of John McCain: an Arizona maverick who will oppose her own party. Still, it’s hard to trust her on something this important.

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


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; chinamitch; communism; fakeopposition; homosexualagenda; keystonexl; scotus; uniparty
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1 posted on 01/26/2021 4:20:01 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

hold on for the plunge!


2 posted on 01/26/2021 4:20:52 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Treacherous Chinamonkey.


3 posted on 01/26/2021 4:21:13 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

They don’t call the GOP the Surrender Party for nothing.


4 posted on 01/26/2021 4:25:13 AM PST by lodi90
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To: MtnClimber

The treachery never ends. The other side must have a lot on this old turd.


5 posted on 01/26/2021 4:26:39 AM PST by dforest (RATS are criminals and frauds. Hide anything that belongs to you. They will steal it.)
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To: dforest

I guess Mitch got tired of winning.


6 posted on 01/26/2021 4:28:48 AM PST by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: MtnClimber

Mitch has delusions of adequacy.


7 posted on 01/26/2021 4:29:53 AM PST by sappy (criminaldems)
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8 posted on 01/26/2021 4:42:25 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: MtnClimber

And to think this guy wants to vote to convict trump...Donald should take special pleasure picking off his allies in primaries next year


9 posted on 01/26/2021 4:43:51 AM PST by Lod881019
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To: MtnClimber

Accept payola from the Mob once, they own you forever.

Mitch is actually saying I, for one, welcome our new Overlords.


10 posted on 01/26/2021 4:45:03 AM PST by Quentin Quarantino
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To: MtnClimber

I noticed American Thinker has taken down their comment section.

I have traveled less to the Federalist since they took their down. I guess I will view the American Thinker less too.

I don’t care to just read the authors opinion on a topic. I like to get a read of the room through the comments.

Oh well. Que sera, sera


11 posted on 01/26/2021 4:45:32 AM PST by vg0va3
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I guess Mitch got tired of winning.

Mitch has a picture of Tip O'Neill's caddy Bob Michel in his office. He worships this paragon of Republican leadership.


12 posted on 01/26/2021 4:45:35 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Republicans are the court jesters in the kingdom of liberalism)
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To: MtnClimber
The Wall Street Journal has a headline that the filibuster will stay as part of a power sharing agreement with Schumer. So, I don't know what's what.
13 posted on 01/26/2021 4:51:56 AM PST by Fair Paul
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To: MtnClimber

http://video.foxnews.com/v/6225847837001/


14 posted on 01/26/2021 4:54:29 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: MtnClimber

Yup and forty nine other republican senators sit back in their comfy leather chairs and say what a great leader we have in Mitch McConnell.


15 posted on 01/26/2021 4:55:18 AM PST by Colo9250 (Name the Democrat Congressman that assassinated Ashli Babbitt now! )
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To: MtnClimber

Mitch: doing what he’s told.


16 posted on 01/26/2021 5:00:52 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: vg0va3

Some immoderate things are said in comments, so they must otherwise moderate it. Moderation costs money.


17 posted on 01/26/2021 5:03:00 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: vg0va3

AT took their comments down because they risked losing their hosting service like Parler did.


18 posted on 01/26/2021 5:11:24 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

McTurtle caves.

In other news: Water is wet.


19 posted on 01/26/2021 5:11:44 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Hey, Rocky--Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!)
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To: MtnClimber

So tell me, Mitch, how much Chinese money has your wife’s family raked in, and how much of that money is now in your own personal accounts?


20 posted on 01/26/2021 5:15:16 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Joe Biden: The best president Chinese money can buy.)
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