Republicans want to go back to Jim Crow. Democrats want to protect Black and brown voters. The filibuster simply has to go
In 1963, when the newly sworn in Lyndon Baines Johnson was advised against using his limited political capital on the controversial issue of civil and voting rights for Black Americans, he responded: “Well, what the hell’s the presidency for?”
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