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Dem Sen. Murphy: We Need to Ditch the Filibuster to ‘Save Our Democracy
breitbart ^ | 06/22/2021 | Pam Key

Posted on 06/22/2021 11:22:10 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that he supported removing or reforming the filibuster so Democrats could pass legislation in the U.S. Senate with a simple majority vote in order to “save our democracy.”

When asked about Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) opposing removing the filibuster, Murphy said, “We no longer have two parties that are both committed to democracy and extending the vote. In fact, we have one party that spent much of the beginning of this year actively trying to install someone as president who didn’t win the electoral college vote or the popular vote. So when that breakdown occurs, it is the responsibility of the majority party to make sure that our democracy is protected.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democracy; ditch; filibuster; murphy
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We are a Republic you demented weasel.
1 posted on 06/22/2021 11:22:10 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Coexistence with such people is not possible


2 posted on 06/22/2021 11:23:26 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Dem speak for “We need to end the filibuster so we can finally turn America into a full Communist state..we are running out of time”


3 posted on 06/22/2021 11:25:44 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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We need to ditch the Rats to save our Republic!!!


4 posted on 06/22/2021 11:26:02 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We are a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy. Very concerning that there are Congress critters that don’t understand this.


5 posted on 06/22/2021 11:26:07 AM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I want nothing to do with Buyden’s demonicrat party. After John Hanoi Kerry called us Viet Nam veterans I wanted nothing to do with the democrat party. It has gotten worse and I want less of their democratic party
6 posted on 06/22/2021 11:26:29 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We need to replace Democrats with CONSERVATIVES to save our REPUBLIC as defined by our CONSTITUTION.


7 posted on 06/22/2021 11:26:54 AM PDT by G Larry (Force the Universities to use their TAX FREE ENDOWMENTS to pay off Student loan debt!!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Mob rule is what democrats live for.


8 posted on 06/22/2021 11:27:07 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We are intentionally NOT a democracy, dips***!!! It’s to prevent the tyranny of voters dumb enough to elect idiots like you.


9 posted on 06/22/2021 11:28:05 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

EXACTLY!!!
And the DEMONRATS want to flood the country with voters so they can turn it into a NOT FREE republic!!


10 posted on 06/22/2021 11:28:06 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Democracies turn into mobocracies, the first step toward becoming an all-out “command-and-control” regime, which may style itself to be “socialist” or “Marxist”, but real socialism has never been achieved. Nor has Marxism ever worked either, no matter who is running the show.

A militaristic oligarchy winds up being the end result.

The filibuster is the tool of cool rationality, to prevent seriously bad ideas from being adopted, by a stampede of a majority of 50% plus one. The supermajority provides the chance to ask, do we REALLY want this, or is it just a passing fancy?


11 posted on 06/22/2021 11:29:22 AM PDT by alloysteel ( Cows don't give milk. You have to work for it.)
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To: throwthebumsout

He understands, but guys like him will say anything.


12 posted on 06/22/2021 11:32:21 AM PDT by abbastanza
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And he’s a commie!


13 posted on 06/22/2021 11:33:36 AM PDT by doc maverick
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
We don’t have a democracy to protect the minority from the whims of the majority.


14 posted on 06/22/2021 11:34:10 AM PDT by Little Ray (Corporations don't pay taxes. They collect them.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“We need more Despotism to save Democracy!!!” < /sarc >


15 posted on 06/22/2021 11:36:15 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Bingo!


16 posted on 06/22/2021 11:38:36 AM PDT by Nateman (If the Left Is not screaming , you are doing it wrong..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“We no longer have two parties that are both committed to democracy and extending the vote.
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Problem is the Democrats want to extend the vote to people who are not citizens.


17 posted on 06/22/2021 11:44:58 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Exactly - a Constitutional Republic at that; the people tell the government what to do, not the other way round.


18 posted on 06/22/2021 11:45:58 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Identify As Vaccinated)
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“... trying to install someone as president who didn’t win the electoral college vote or the popular vote.”


What does the popular vote have to do with it, Senator Murphy? Right now it looks to me that the electoral vote was stolen by the actions of 4 counties in the U.S. Fulton County GA, Wayne County GA, Maricopa County AZ and Milwaukee County WI.


19 posted on 06/22/2021 11:47:12 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Democracy = Mob Rule............................


20 posted on 06/22/2021 11:48:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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