Warren: ‘We Should Get Rid of the Filibuster’ if Republicans Block a Democratic White House

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WARREN: “So what’s our job? Our job is to fight back. We need a constitutional amendment establishing a nationally recognized right to vote and a right to get that vote counted. And I’m going to tell you something else, too. I’m not running for president just to talk about making real structural change. I’m serious about getting it done, and part of getting it done means waking up to the reality of the United States Senate. Last year the Senate passed a bill that would make lynching a federal crime. Last year. 2018. Do you know when the first bill to make lynching a federal crime was introduced? 1918. A hundred years ago. And it nearly became the law back then. It passed the House in 1922, but it got killed in the Senate by a filibuster. And then it got killed again, and again, and again. More than 200 times. An entire century of obstruction because a small group of racists stopped this entire nation from doing what is right. For generations, the filibuster was used as a tool to block progress on racial justice. And in recent years, it’s been used by the far right as a tool to block progress on everything. I’ve only served one term in the Senate, but I've seen what's happened. We all saw what they did to President Obama. I’ve watched the Republicans abuse the rules they're out of power and then turn around and blow off the rules when they’re in power.”