Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) Calls For Eliminating Filibuster | MSNBC

On Thursday, Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) announced her support for ending the filibuster. Senator Smith joined MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan to discuss what led her to this decision. Sen. Smith also talked about the Covid relief bill, which passed the Senate without any Republican support. The Covid relief bill “is bipartisan legislation, it just didn’t get any support of the 50 Republicans in the U.S. Senate,” Smith said. Aired on 03/08/2021.

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Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) Calls For Eliminating Filibuster | MSNBC

[CrazyTrainUSA]

Remove the filibuster and electoral votes.

[TJ-mcuh]

Thank you, Senator Tina Smith, for your honest experience on the detrimental outcome the filibuster has on America moving forward. Four horrific years of living under one Republican Mitch McConnell, who derived great satisfaction from any possibility of positive change in Washington. End The Filibuster.

[siriusgd]

If we level the playing field all the way around, the GOP will never get a vote ever again. Time to run off these jokers.

[vyofcwd]

The filibuster is just a another gop way of saying let’s waste time the public doesn’t need anything

[acentaur]

Eliminate the filibuster and the Electoral College!

[Yourdeadmeat]

Supporting the filibuster was over when the GOP weaponized it as a law killer instead of a way to argue opposing views to make better law.

[sidmanchester]

Get rid of the Senate fillibuster and the Electoral College.

[Laura-wbzt]

Watching moscow mitch using it for years for his party creating a onesided monster of the gop along with his good ole boys I now agree it must go

[cyclewisconsin]

Without Dr. Suesse Ted Cruz will be hard to find anything he can read to filibuster with.

[PeacockPoverty]

The Grim Reaper alone is enough justification to get rid of the filibuster. Manchin enters to take up his work

[martinwhalley]

I like this Senator. She has a good head. A Progressive in good standing. I agree with her every word

[dawnshort]

Haha! Extreme filibuster. Make the filibustering senator successfully complete a televised American Ninja Warrior style obstacle course first. Since the filibuster basically allows senators to be derelict on the taxpayer's dime, make them earn their keep by entertaining us at least.

[pmjbacon]

Originally used to delay the abolition of slavery...

[toomworld]

100%. Stop Letting the GOP top from the bottom.

[woodywpecker]

I'm for reforming the filibuster to the point that the person doing the filibuster must have their time on the floor. That time must be spent on explaining their point and nothing more. Give them a time limit. Once it's up, it's voting time. Also, Senator Smith is not too bright. The filibuster "keeps us from moving our progressive agenda" and should be ended. So what happens when the other party is in charge? The filibuster then should not "keep us from moving our conservative agenda." I'm sure she would be happy to step aside.

[mac]

Forget about the talking filibuster. Bring on the town hall filibuster! Make them answer questions from the American people about whatever it is they are filibustering. If they refuse to answer a question, the filibuster ends. They would never do a filibuster again.

[krisleehyatt]

May come as a shock to democrats but not everyone is progressive

[anthonydouglas]

The people of the talk for yourself and stop letting the Senate speak for them

[jasperetale]

The minority will have their say but the majority will have their way.

[moorch]

Get rid of filibuster and Electoral College