“We’re witnessing an all-out assault on our democracy—and we need to act swiftly to protect the sacred right to vote,” President Biden tweeted on Wednesday morning.
Within hours, numerous progressive lawmakers responded to Biden’s call to protect U.S. democracy by demanding, yet again, that Senate Democrats “abolish the filibuster.”
Let’s abolish the filibuster and get it done!
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) June 2, 2021
Abolish the filibuster.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 2, 2021
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According to progressives, the near-unanimous opposition of Senate Republicans to an investigation of the deadly insurrection provided some of the strongest evidence yet of the GOP’s growing antagonism to democracy, which more than 100 scholars on Tuesday said is “now at risk” due to right-wing attacks.
When election results on 6 November 2024 showed Donald Trump had won the Presidency, for me it was like getting punched in the face, repeatedly. I mean – repeatedly!
