Surprisingly, CNN’s Jake Tapper seemed to take a skeptical view of Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal’s call to get rid of the filibuster in the Senate. Blumenthal spent most of his time repeating the words “dark money” (Which probably polled well) and essentially making the argument that the filibuster had to go because of the Republican “overuse, abuse, and misuse” of the filibuster. However, as Tapper said:
“Senator, haven’t you voted in favor of filibustering Republican legislation, not allowing them to even proceed to a discussion, an amendment process, and debate on a bill? …You’re talking about it being corrupt, but you’ve used it, too.”
After @POTUS @JoeBiden denounced the rampant abuse of the filibuster last year, we did some digging. Republicans used it once. Democrats used it 327 times. @FoxNews
— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) March 26, 2021