CNN Don Lemon Tonight June 4, 2021 06:09:00
1846, it prevented anti-slavery provision. 1922, it prevented anti-lynching legislation. 1957, as dr. west mentioned, it prevented segre -- desegregation legislation of schools. so it's part of our history but it needs to be eliminated now, because if we don't eliminate it, we are going to have the same kind of white-supremacist legislators in the minority preventing a majority of legislation from getting passed. legislation, that 60% of the people want. >> that is the truth about the filibuster. more truth. in the 1840s, before it was even called a fill bibuster senator n c. calhoun of south ...
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