As we reported last night, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s effort to pass their effort to federalize elections and do in the filibuster went down in flames. The Republicans voted 52 to 48 against eliminating the filibuster when Sen. Joe Manchin (D.WV), and Sen. Kyrsten Silena (D.AZ) joined them.
U.S. Senate FAILS TO CHANGE Filibuster Rules, 52-48.
60 vote threshold still in effect pic.twitter.com/mMB3pzLqZ9
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 20, 2022
People on the left were a mess. It was quite shocking to witness. One reaction that was particularly bizarre came from Robert Reich (ex-Clinton Secretary of Labor), who said Democratic senators had to have Sinema in their sights.
Here’s the thing:
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-CA (I think) let the gas get too high to his head.
If this trend continues, there will be 2,000 new senators within the next 250-years. Imagine yourself being selfish enough to vote for the voting rights only of a few, at the cost of millions. #VotingRightsNow
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) January 20, 2022
It was a familiar refrain.
Amazing stat: The 48 Democrats who voted for reforming filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislations represent 34 MILLION Americans more than the 52 senators (all Republicans + Sinema/Manchin), who opposed it
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 20, 2022
Stunning that so many on the left don’t seem to understand Senators represent states, House members represent populations. Plus, it’s 52 senators there.
Two days after MLK Day 52 Senators chose Jim Crow filibuster to over democracies and our right to vote.
It is quite a damning reflection on our union.
People won’t forget, and the fight for democracy isn’t over.
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) January 20, 2022
This lie will minimize Jim Crow:
Jim Crow’s legacy lives on in 2022.
That’s all I have to say right now about Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, and Senate Republicans.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) January 20, 2022
I can’t WAIT to hear your story @Sen_JoeManchinAnd @SenatorSinema‘s objections to this one… let me guess: it would be unfair to their friends who are insurrectionists and might want to steal and election here and there? https://t.co/ezNRKTXPX3
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) January 20, 2022
Let’s hear from Hillary Clinton, and the tweet she deleted.
The List is available for everyone, even if the list was deleted. @HillaryClinton.
✍🏼✍🏼✍🏼 pic.twitter.com/inKjemIIWY
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) January 20, 2022
She can’t add — it’s 50 Republicans — which is probably why she deleted it. Is it really black people being denied the right of vote? Is there a law that prevents black people voting? It is shameful and abominable. Do they really think that people are going to fall for such things or don’t know what’s going on here?
Now, as we’ve said, this reaction is especially crazy since it’s all premised on a lie about “voting rights.” Everyone has voting rights. Everyone has them. Indeed, the laws/bills being targeted by the Democrats in states like Georgia are less restrictive of voting than are the laws in Democratic states like New York and Joe Biden’s Delaware. Even CNN’s Erin Burnett pointed this out. Democrats are only trying to push federal control so they can remain in power.
Now, realizing that they lost this vote and that they’re very likely to be crushed in November, they’ve moved on to the next narrative — that Republicans are denying people “voting rights” and the upcoming election is going to be illegitimate since they couldn’t pass “voting rights.” Biden previewed that narrative on Wednesday during his press conference, and Kamala Harris failed in an effort to clean it up this morning.
Never mind that the Democrats have just spent the past year saying any criticism or questioning of an election is an “attack on democracy.” They’re going to flip on a dime and push it.
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