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Hirono: I Supported the Filibuster in the Past, But It’s ‘a Vestige of the Jim Crow Days’
Breitbart ^ | 04/30/2021 | Ian Hanchett

Posted on 04/30/2021 5:48:50 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

On Thursday’s broadcast of Comedy Central’s “Daily Show,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) admitted that she supported preserving the filibuster in the past, but she “learned from” how Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) conducted himself when he was in the majority “and also that the filibuster is a vestige of the Jim Crow days.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 50thstate; dress; filibuster; hirono; jimcrow; muumuu; vestige; women
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Between Hirono and Patty Murray both are neck and neck for must dumb in the Senate.
1 posted on 04/30/2021 5:48:50 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She admits that she is a racist and needs to resign immediately


2 posted on 04/30/2021 5:50:44 AM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What a stupid argument!!

I don’t support the filibuster...and I haven’t for decades.

But at least I have a real reason. Hirono is entirely lacking in her own thoughts. A real empty suit.


3 posted on 04/30/2021 5:51:51 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) makes Barbara Boxer appear to be smart, but she is still a RACIST PIG and should be Tossed out of Congress


4 posted on 04/30/2021 5:52:14 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s certainly not hard to translate her ever-so-pious words:

“I supported the filibuster when it was useful to the Democrats (when we were in the minority) and I will support it again if the Democrats’ Massive Vote Fraud Machine ever breaks down and we are ever in the minority again, though that will not happen for several decades at least.

But now that we are the permanent majority I suddenly have discovered a moral objection to the filibuster and many other things in the Dead White Racist European Male Constitution of the United States, and I will retain those objections until it benefits me and my party to abandon them.”


5 posted on 04/30/2021 5:57:18 AM PDT by PermaRag (We have SO many targets, and -- for now -- the means to see they get what they deserve.)
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To: xzins

“A real empty suit.”

And a hollow muumuu, or do women still wear them in Hawaii?


7 posted on 04/30/2021 6:00:43 AM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hirono

8 posted on 04/30/2021 6:01:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hirono is a good soldier for the ‘rats. They abandon all beliefs if asked/told by the party. They have learned to love Big Brother.


9 posted on 04/30/2021 6:05:09 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is there a way of checking if one is a Mensa member?


10 posted on 04/30/2021 6:05:53 AM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: xzins

Why do you not support the filibuster?

I think it is a valuable tool.

Anything that stops the government from making more and more ‘legislation’ is fine with me.


11 posted on 04/30/2021 6:07:54 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Democrat party is a vestige of the Confederacy. The Democrat party created Jim Crow.


12 posted on 04/30/2021 6:09:59 AM PDT by outpostinmass2 (Y)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Transnational: “Now that my party doesn’t need the filibuster, I don’t support it and it’s racist. If democrats lose the majority, I will support the filibuster again, and it will no longer be racist. Because, reasons.”


13 posted on 04/30/2021 6:10:27 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Shut the deuce up!!! I'll do the fighting!!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When Hirono opens her mouth entire solar systems disappear into the void.


14 posted on 04/30/2021 6:10:36 AM PDT by databoss
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To: Nathan _in_Arkansas

Oops. Translation.


15 posted on 04/30/2021 6:10:52 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Shut the deuce up!!! I'll do the fighting!!!)
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To: Mr. K

There have been long debates on free republic over the years, and articles from both sides posted.

My basic reason is that I consider it a covert amending of the Constitution.

For example: what if the senate rules had an addition that says that the presence of the VP counts in a quorum determination?


16 posted on 04/30/2021 6:16:59 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Filibuster, Jim Crow.

Secure borders, Jim Crow.

Requiring ID to vote, Jim Crow.

Law and order, Jim Crow.

The Bill of Rights, Jim Crow.

Lowering taxes and reducing spending, Jim Crow.

Essentially, Jim Crow = anything libs/Dems don’t like.


17 posted on 04/30/2021 6:19:27 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ed Markey has some “Uhm, Duh...” to share with you...


18 posted on 04/30/2021 6:27:25 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! ("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hirono has no credibility. Everyone knows that as soon as the Democrats are back in the minority she will be supporting the filibuster again.


19 posted on 04/30/2021 6:35:32 AM PDT by SCKnight
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To: xzins

This is the problem with hypocrisy arguments against those that have no logic or shame.


20 posted on 04/30/2021 6:35:44 AM PDT by teevolt
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