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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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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hiro no says so, it must be true then. /s


21 posted on 04/30/2021 7:03:35 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: Trump.Deplorable

What is the left’s obsession with “jim Crow” ? The younger generation has no idea who he was.


22 posted on 04/30/2021 7:07:14 AM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: xzins
"Hirono is entirely lacking in her own thoughts. A real empty suit."

Empty suit, empty head indeed. Yet she is in a position of power to help end the filibuster and radically change America forever.

23 posted on 04/30/2021 7:09:54 AM PDT by buckalfa (I have forgotten more than I ever knew.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wait Crazy Mazie. So you participated in and actively supported party of the legacy of Jim Crow????

For shame!


24 posted on 04/30/2021 7:13:11 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Mr. Mojo

You broke the code. Jim Crow = anything Democrats don’t like.

Racist = anybody who disagrees with a Leftist.


25 posted on 04/30/2021 7:15:20 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hirono is, by far, the dumbest individual in the senate. Racist, genderist, (if there is such a word) unthinking hateful garbage,


26 posted on 04/30/2021 7:39:19 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: dandiegirl

They will make “Jim Crow” into what they want it to be because history is no longer taught in schools


27 posted on 04/30/2021 8:38:21 AM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Democrat Senators appearing on “Comedy Central” - how appropriate!


28 posted on 04/30/2021 9:27:12 AM PDT by FMBass (USN DE-1074 NNTaleb fan )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Time to sell Hawaii


29 posted on 04/30/2021 11:05:48 AM PDT by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable )
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