Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-216 days agoWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-216 days agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agothey elected oz in the very next session; using a filibuster to prevent his confirmation is how you use a filibuster effectively.
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agothe same way thurmond did it; you secure the votes behinds the scenes and then throw a filibuster when it’s time to vote to turn up the pain; not when there’s nothing on the table and no one around like booker did it.
they elected oz in the very next session; using a filibuster to prevent his confirmation is how you use a filibuster effectively.
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the same way thurmond did it; you secure the votes behinds the scenes and then throw a filibuster when it’s time to vote to turn up the pain; not when there’s nothing on the table and no one around like booker did it.
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