Saturday, May 29, 2021

Quote of the Day

We have the Senate, the House, and the Presidency.

Stop negotiating with a losing insurrectionist party who are trying to sabotage our demoracy, pass the infrastructure package through reconciliation, and abolish the filibuster.

– Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
via Twitter
May 28, 2021


Related Off-site Links:
“It’s the Filibuster or Democracy,” Say Progressives After GOP Tanks January 6 Commission – Claudia Grisales and Barbara Sprunt (NPR News, May 28, 2021).
Here’s How to End the Filibuster and Protect Democracy – Miles Mogulescu (Common Dreams, May 28, 2021).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
Sen. Tina Smith: The Filibuster Rule Is “Fundamentally Undemocratic”
Something to Think About – March 9, 2021
Bernie Sanders: Quote of the Day – May 5, 2021
The Republican Party in a Nutshell
Republicans Don’t Care About American Democracy
“The Republican Party Has Now Made It Official: They Are a Cult”
Heather Cox Richardson on Combating the Republican Party’s “Rigging of the System”


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