[ April 17, 2024 ]
The Left is going to be unrelenting in their bullying and vilifying of Senator Manchin. Manchin has not been firm enough in expressing his opposition to filibuster reform. As such, he could cave under pressure. The American people must continue to contact the office of both Senators Manchin and Sinema, and demand that they not support any bills that will overhaul our voting system.
The steal must be legislated into law and if Manchin is standing in their way he will be dealt with.
Related – Democrats use Jan. 6 anniversary to push for overhaul of voting laws
Story continues below advertisement
This you?pic.twitter.com/6DhHrDcVfp https://t.co/Ukk22Jz9JU
— Tommy Pigott (@TommyPigott) January 4, 2022
Democrats Ramp Up Pressure Campaign For Manchin To Support Filibuster Reform, Voting Bills
By Daily Wire, January 5, 2021
Senate Democrats are putting pressure on moderate West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin to back filibuster reform in order to pass a pair of sweeping election overhaul bills currently waiting to be taken up by the Senate before the 2022 midterms.
The Hill reports that, spurred on by a self-imposed January 17 deadline to vote on changes to the filibuster, Democratic leadership, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY), are scrambling to lock in a commitment from Manchin to back filibuster reform. Democrats are preparing to attempt to ram the bills through the Senate on a party-line basis, after Schumer promised a vote to change the Senate rules by Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 17.
“If Republicans continue to block our efforts, The Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy: Free and fair elections,” Schumer tweeted Monday.
Schumer himself acknowledged that while there have been “serious discussions” with Manchin regarding filibuster reform, the effort to overhaul the Senate rules is an “uphill fight.”
“Manchin has said all along that he wants to deal with Republicans and we have all been very patient,” Schumer told reporters, via The Hill. “I believe he knows that we will not get any Republican cooperation.”
Manchin, along with Democratic Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema, have been adamant that they will not support filibuster reform. Schumer said that Democrats backing the voting bills have spent a considerable amount of time talking to both of their colleagues, attempting to get them on board.
“There have been constant and just about every senator has been talking to both senators — to Senator Manchin and to Senator Sinema about how important these issues are, not only to our caucus, to our country. Senators are going up to them and saying, ‘I’ll lose my election if they — you allow these changes to occur,’” Schumer told CNN’s “New Day,” via The Hill.
“The bottom line is this: they must allow us to pass these two vital pieces of legislation, even if not a single Republican joins us.”
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) expressed support for Schumer’s agenda. “I fully support Schumer saying there’s a deadline and it’s the 17th. …He believes we need deadlines,” Durbin told The Hill.
He did admit, however, that getting them to vote with the rest of the caucus would be challenging. “You’ll never know until you have the vote, frankly, and I hope that they will be on board,” Durbin said. “We’ve spent month after month after month with both of them. … We’re trying to convince both of them, give us a fair chance to deal with voting rights.”
Manchin signaled to reporters Tuesday that he was not in favor of any significant changes to the filibuster, including invoking the “nuclear option” to remove the legislative filibuster completely. “[I’ve] always been for rules [changes] being done the way we’ve always done them, two-thirds of members voting, and any way you can do a rules change to where everyone is involved, and basically that’s a rule that usually will stay, that’s what we should be pursuing,” Manchin said.
The Truth Must be Told
Your contribution supports independent journalism
Please take a moment to consider this. Now, more than ever, people are reading Geller Report for news they won't get anywhere else. But advertising revenues have all but disappeared. Google Adsense is the online advertising monopoly and they have banned us. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter have blocked and shadow-banned our accounts. But we won't put up a paywall. Because never has the free world needed independent journalism more.
Everyone who reads our reporting knows the Geller Report covers the news the media won't. We cannot do our ground-breaking report without your support. We must continue to report on the global jihad and the left's war on freedom. Our readers’ contributions make that possible.
Geller Report's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our work is critical in the fight for freedom and because it is your fight, too.
Please contribute here.
or
Make a monthly commitment to support The Geller Report – choose the option that suits you best.
Quick note: We cannot do this without your support. Fact. Our work is made possible by you and only you. We receive no grants, government handouts, or major funding.Tech giants are shutting us down. You know this. Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Adsense, Pinterest permanently banned us. Facebook, Google search et al have shadow-banned, suspended and deleted us from your news feeds. They are disappearing us. But we are here.
Subscribe to Geller Report newsletter here— it’s free and it’s essential NOW when informed decision making and opinion is essential to America's survival. Share our posts on your social channels and with your email contacts. Fight the great fight.
Follow Pamela Geller on Gettr. I am there. click here.
Follow Pamela Geller on Trump's social media platform, Truth Social. It's open and free.
Remember, YOU make the work possible. If you can, please contribute to Geller Report.
Join The Conversation. Leave a Comment.
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spammy or unhelpful, click the - symbol under the comment to let us know. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
If you would like to join the conversation, but don't have an account, you can sign up for one right here.
If you are having problems leaving a comment, it's likely because you are using an ad blocker, something that break ads, of course, but also breaks the comments section of our site. If you are using an ad blocker, and would like to share your thoughts, please disable your ad blocker. We look forward to seeing your comments below.
recent Comments