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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Biden Wants Filibuster ‘Exception’ for Voter-Fraud Power Grab

'That means whatever it takes... '

President Joe Biden admitted in an interview this week that he supports eliminating the filibuster to pass H.R.1, a bill that would federalize elections and fill every state with the same fraud and corruption as the 2020 elections, The Hill reported.

The newest Democrat scheme would not eliminate the filibuster—the 60-vote threshold to pass all non-budgetary legislation—but would create an exception to the filibuster for so-called voting rights legislation.

Biden did not specifically mention the filibuster exception for election legislation until the interviewer led him in that direction.

“That means whatever it takes,” Biden said. “Change the Senate rules to accommodate major pieces of legislation without requiring 60 votes.”

Then, pressed further on his meaning, Biden narrowed the exception from major legislation to election legislation.

“The only thing standing between getting voting rights legislation passed and not getting passed is the filibuster,” Biden said. “I support making an exception on voting rights of the filibuster.”

The interview confirms the stance that Biden took at a staged CNN town hall event in October, during which he said the Senate should “fundamentally” transform the filibuster.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., killed the Democratic Party’s hope of passing the Build Back Better Act this year, so Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Senate would shift its focus to the election overhaul bill.
The Democrats now see H.R.1 as the last opportunity to retain their power in the midterm elections that they are poised to lose.
Neither Manchin nor Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., support exceptions to the filibuster or eliminating it.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki echoed Biden’s call to eliminate the filibuster.
“The President’s belief … on voting rights is that if the Republicans continue to obstruct, then we are going to look at what needs to be done to get it done,” Psaki said. “We’re not quite there yet, but we, of course, will continue those discussions with Leader Schumer.”

 

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