Psaki tells @weijia that Pres. Biden will have more to say about the filibuster "in the coming weeks," after he said in a televised town hall that he would be open to eliminating it to pass voting rights legislation
"Not getting voting rights done is not an option," she says pic.twitter.com/ZKVGyKDDsO
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 22, 2021
After additional ramblings, the 46th president clearly declared he is open to “[ending] the filibuster.” These remarks about the filibuster came during the same town hall where Biden mocked Americans who oppose vaccine mandates on the basis of freedom.
The president furthermore declared police officers and other first responders who fail to comply with COVID vaccine mandates ought to lose their jobs.
Backlash from the political right
As many people might imagine, Biden took immense heat from conservatives, Republicans, and other right-wingers. These groups of Americans hit Biden for calling to end the filibuster in order to get his way.
However, as previously noted, Biden doesn’t have the votes to do this and neither do progressive Democrats. All 50 Republican senators are opposed to ending the filibuster. The same story also rings true for two Democrat senators: moderates Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.
Joe Biden once preached unity but now he and his party are willing to change the rules and discard the filibuster because they aren't getting their way.
There's nothing unifying about that.
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) October 22, 2021
Biden Goes All in on Ending the Filibuster
