Ocasio-Cortez: Ditch the Filibuster Because Republicans Can’t Claw Back ‘Popular’ Dem Legislation
Pam Key 27 Jun 2021
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that she was for ditching the filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate because once enacted, “popular” Democratic legislation passed on a simple majority can not be repealed by Republicans.
Anchor Chuck Todd said, “Obviously, a lot of this depends on the Senate Democrats holding together. I know where you stand on the filibuster. I am curious of what you thought of Senator Sinema’s op-ed where she made this defense in keeping the filibuster. She wrote, ‘Would it be good for our country if we did this, getting rid of the filibuster only to see that legislation rescinded a few years from now and replaced by a nationwide voter ID law or restrictions on mail-in voting over the objections of the minority.’ Look, the argument she’s making is, let’s say, get rid of the filibuster and get all of these progressive changes that you would like to see, and the roles are reversed, and everything gets rolled back. Is that good enough defense to use for the filibuster?”
Ocasio-Cortez said, “No, it is essentially an argument of saying, well, why do anything at all, but in case something in our future may have changed it.”
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