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Biden REJECTS eliminating the filibuster because 'the entire Congress would be thrown into chaos and nothing would get done'
UK Daily Mail ^ | July 22 2021 | ELIZABETH ELKIND

Posted on 07/22/2021 7:55:01 AM PDT by knighthawk

Joe Biden dismissed the idea of eliminating the filibuster during a CNN town hall in Cincinnati on Wednesday night, warning that doing so would 'throw the entire Congress into chaos' where 'nothing at all would get done.'

Speaking at an invite-only event moderated by Don Lemon, Biden was asked by a first year law student why he hadn't taken more action to advance voting rights legislation.

'Isn't it logical to get rid of the filibuster so we can protect our democracy and secure the right to vote?' the college grad asked to enthusiastic applause.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 07/22/2021 7:55:01 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk
'throw the entire Congress into chaos' where 'nothing at all would get done.'

Oh, like that's a bad thing?

2 posted on 07/22/2021 7:57:24 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Joe Biden is a squinty-eyed turnip brain)
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To: COBOL2Java

Exactly.

Fine with me.


3 posted on 07/22/2021 7:58:00 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: knighthawk

Didn’t he get the Soros memo?


4 posted on 07/22/2021 7:59:00 AM PDT by Ken Regis
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To: knighthawk

Biden is such an idiot. “Nothing would get done” is just an awful argument against the filibuster.


5 posted on 07/22/2021 8:00:04 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: knighthawk

Six months of polling and the fact that no major legislation has passed has convinced Joe’s handlers to not burn down the Senate.


6 posted on 07/22/2021 8:00:25 AM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: knighthawk

> ‘throw the entire Congress into chaos’ where ‘nothing at all would get done.’ <

I think Biden got things mixed up (again). Eliminating the filibuster would allow MORE things to get done. Of course, many of those things would be bad things. That’s why keeping the filibuster is so important.


7 posted on 07/22/2021 8:00:35 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: knighthawk
'Isn't it logical to get rid of the filibuster so we can protect our democracy and secure the right to vote?'

Yeah, I've been waiting to secure my right to vote for my entire life. Logic is obviously like math now, it doesn't have to add up or be logical to be logical. Where do they get these people?

8 posted on 07/22/2021 8:02:00 AM PDT by Religion and Politics
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To: Religion and Politics

he means democrats right to vote. dead, alive, illegal, fake...

all of them.


9 posted on 07/22/2021 8:03:27 AM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said the story was false!)
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To: knighthawk

You mean like NOW?


10 posted on 07/22/2021 8:06:10 AM PDT by DownInFlames (G)
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To: knighthawk

‘”Isn’t it logical to get rid of the filibuster so we can protect our democracy and secure the right to vote?’ the college grad asked to enthusiastic applause.”

I swear to the Almighty if this were my kid and I paid $50,000 for their education I would literally yank him off the campus by his/her hair and tell them college is over for you unless you pay for it yourself.

Then I would tell him living at home will cost him $500 per month so he better get a job within 2 weeks or find another place to live.

I am dead serious about this.


11 posted on 07/22/2021 8:07:37 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: cableguymn
he means democrats right to vote. dead, alive, illegal, fake...

More like democrats right to rule I guess.

12 posted on 07/22/2021 8:08:38 AM PDT by Religion and Politics
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To: knighthawk; bitt; mosaicwolf; NKP_Vet; Kathy in Alaska; SkyDancer; Jane Long; null and void; ...

This awesome song needs to be heard by all. All the enemies within (both sides of the aisle) aligned with our foreign enemies have disgraced all who have served this nation throughout our history and those currently serving. These enemies are out to destroy this nation, steal our freedom, and eliminate our children and grandchildren’s future.

Aaron Lewis sings Patriotic Anthem ‘Am I The Only One’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQmCIdUBwtc


13 posted on 07/22/2021 8:14:44 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: knighthawk

“...where ‘nothing at all would get done.”

Isn’t the use of a filibuster to not let things get done?

wy69


14 posted on 07/22/2021 8:16:13 AM PDT by whitney69 (uin )
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

It really is.

Sometimes the Alzheimer’s works in our favor.


15 posted on 07/22/2021 8:33:55 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: knighthawk

It could also be that the Democrats realize there is a good chance they will not control the Senate and House soon and DO NOT want to give Republicans a free tool.

Just look how Reid’s mistake on the “nuclear option” worked for them.


16 posted on 07/22/2021 8:37:26 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Yep, heard it and I have it in my music library. 🙂


17 posted on 07/22/2021 8:52:31 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: knighthawk

My problem is with this snot nose a-hole first year “law” student. Not all lawyers are bad but we have too many of them and many should rightly be ....(fill in the blank.It’s simple).


18 posted on 07/22/2021 9:13:56 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: knighthawk

Entire thing sounds staged including the stupid question.

The only reason Beijing Biden would say this and he must have been told in advance is because the filibuster death is itself dead and his puppet masters knows it.

There’s nothing to be gained but seeing anything possibly passed in the Senate halted.


19 posted on 07/22/2021 9:21:10 AM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: knighthawk

These were planted questions ... again.


20 posted on 07/22/2021 9:23:01 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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