Republicans have passed voter suppression laws, gerrymandered maps, and much more but Sinema and Manchin demand a bipartisan supermajority to protect voting rights.
his right-wing Democratic colleague Kyrsten Sinema in announcing his opposition to abolishing the Senate filibuster, progressive observers excoriated the pair — who recently supported a filibuster carve-out to raise the debt ceiling — for obstructing their party’s landmark voting rights legislation.
Manchin followed his Arizona colleague in voicing support for protecting the filibuster, which racial justice campaigners call a “Jim Crow relic” because it has been used so many times to block voting and civil rights legislation.“have passed new voter suppression laws, gerrymandered maps, and election subversion bills through simple majority, party-line votes, yet Sinema and Manchin demand [a] bipartisan supermajority to protect voting rights.
Sinema & Manchin represent 2.8% of US population but allowing 41 GOP senators representing just 21% of country to block voting rights bills supported by 70% of Americans that would protect voting access for tens of millions. US political system completely broken
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