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Pelosi suggests filibuster supporters 'dishonor' MLK's legacy on voting rights
The hill ^ | 01/17/2022 | Mike Lillis

Posted on 01/17/2022 2:25:12 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had some sharp words Monday for the senators protecting the filibuster amid the voting rights debate, suggesting they are debasing the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. just as the country is honoring the civil rights legend.

"If you really, truly want to honor Dr. King, don't dishonor him by using a congressional custom as an excuse for protecting our democracy," Pelosi said during a voting rights event at Washington's Union Station on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: dishonor; filibuster; mlk; pelosi
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There she goes again with “our democracy”. (Translation: our right to rule over you peons.)


41 posted on 01/17/2022 4:03:10 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Seruzawa

When Nancys Attack!!!


42 posted on 01/17/2022 6:57:13 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Browns Ultra Fan

43 posted on 01/17/2022 8:50:13 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She made these comment while using two black women standing behind her as props


44 posted on 01/18/2022 2:11:25 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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