Here’s Why the Filibuster Is Just As Important If Not More So, Than the SAVE Act Right Now
Derek Hunter
Some days you sit down to write a column and realize all the ideas you have are going to piss a large section of the audience off. At that point, you have a choice to either pick one and plow ahead, anger be damned, or scrap the whole thing and write something that panders to readers because it’ll get a lot of “Hell, yeah!” comments. That pandering track just isn’t how I can roll, so here we go: While I support the SAVE Act, it is not necessary to win the midterms, nor is it worth blowing up the filibuster over.
I know, I suck. I can hear some of you formulating the strongly worded email already. It doesn’t matter. You’re free to still send it, but it is not going to change my mind.
Why did I come to this conclusion? Why have I forsaken President Donald Trump and the conservative agenda? I haven’t, not even a little. Let me explain my thinking:
This ain’t my first rodeo, I’ve been working in politics for, good lord, for the better part of three decades, including a stint in the US Senate. While the filibuster is annoying as hell, killing it to pass the SAVE Act would be like studying yoga so you could kick yourself in the groin – it’s a lot of effort for very little, if any, reward.
I support everything the SAVE Act would do, but I prefer the filibuster for a few reasons.
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