• Flying Squid
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    393 months ago

    I wish Bernie would weaponize the filibuster the way Rand Paul does to block these things. I’m glad his heart is in the right place and I’m glad he does these things, but he doesn’t want to play dirty and it’s 2024, you need to play dirty when they’re willing to.

    • @stormeuh@lemmy.world
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      333 months ago

      The problem with using the filibuster is that it only works when you know the other side doesn’t have 67% in the senate. With both the democratic and republican parties being in the pocket of AIPAC, I suspect they could easily get the votes to break Bernie’s filibuster.

    • @Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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      73 months ago

      If anything could get the Democrats to actually get rid of the filibuster, it would be blocking weapons for genocide.

      • Flying Squid
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        3 months ago

        That’s sort of my point…

        You don’t need to do that to filibuster anymore. And Rand Paul doesn’t.