Senate Democrats have endured decades of one-person obstruction through filibuster threats, not unlike how Kevin McCarthy was dethroned.
The fall of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House is historic, but can we stop with the “it’s shocking” narrative? It was entirely foreseeable if you remember what a lone voice has been able to accomplish — or impede — over on the other side of Capitol Hill. As he was angling for the job, McCarthy agreed that a single lawmaker could launch the process for his removal, and at that moment we all knew the gavel was not going to be in his hand for long.
So even though Democrats won seats in 2020 with the promise of progressive policies such as criminal justice reform and voter protections, they can’t deliver because of one of their own. Manchin’s defense of the filibuster is music to conservative ears only. Of course, he has to perform for his base back home. In the last two general elections, Donald Trump won West Virginia by an average of 40 percentage points.
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