Today Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona unapologetically pounded the final nail into the Democrats’ “nuke the filibuster” coffin.
CNN senior reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere started off reporting the story on Twitter this way:
how it looks as a major moment in American democracy is decided, with Sinema saying that changing the filibuster would worsen "the disease of division" in the Senate… and likely killing voting rights legislation: pic.twitter.com/PK5Cbmhigz
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) January 13, 2022
Sinema argues that the filibuster will in fact be needed to "safeguard our democracy from threats in the years to come," and those outweigh the threats most Democrats see from not passing voting rights legislation now
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) January 13, 2022
Ultimately, what Sinema is saying is that she was not convinced the threat to democracy from not having new voting rights legislation was on par to the threat to the global economy from not raising the debt ceiling – which she supported a filibuster workaround for a few weeks ago
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) January 13, 2022
But “journalism” being what it is, a bit of editorializing had to be inserted:
but according to Biden's formulation in his speech on Tuesday, Sinema is now essentially standing with George Wallace, Bull Connor and Jefferson Davis
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) January 13, 2022
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Or maybe Biden’s ridiculous comparisons were completely out-of-bounds, but you knew which direction a CNN reporter would take that.
“Senior reporter” at CNN calling a sitting senator racist for submarining a democratic president’s agenda. https://t.co/RVnRYiyHCQ
— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) January 13, 2022
The “journalism” is strong in that approach.
Biden's formulation was ridiculous. Reporters should acknowledge that https://t.co/5c7jzBZFNj
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) January 13, 2022
THIS. Is CNN.
The standing default premise of Democratic/liberal political discourse (including their journalists) is that disagreeing their their political orthodoxies and agenda means you're a white nationalist. Not sure why people think such a stale, overused manipulative tactic will work: https://t.co/OJdlpACAqo
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 13, 2022
Yes…. yes… keep associating Senator Sinema with racists. It's bound to make her bend at some point! https://t.co/TPEdADCU6d pic.twitter.com/IFn5a2jqDh
— Seth (@seth_ingram) January 13, 2022
Thank you for demonstrating Biden's idiocy. https://t.co/oap6xwEj9N
— jeremysenderowicz (@senderowiczj) January 13, 2022
Crazy that this message didn’t convince anyone. Who would’ve guessed? https://t.co/i9KAbZWfQC
— Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) January 13, 2022
Zero ideas beyond calling everyone a racist. 2022 is going to be a bloodbath. https://t.co/BLRXM5wyfO
— Biden left Americans in a nation run by terrorists (@BillySullivan7) January 13, 2022
Edward-Isaac Dovere (D-CNN)
— Max (@MaxNordau) January 13, 2022
So the Democrats stood with George Wallace, Bull Connor & Jefferson Davis
during 116th Congress? Because they used the filibuster a record 328 times, Ed. https://t.co/r6ROXECmGP pic.twitter.com/w7sOubZa3w— TheRightWingM 🇺🇸 (@TheRightWingM) January 13, 2022
Obligatory:
https://t.co/pKdsuxwFnU pic.twitter.com/lT5ZLqJCIn
— The Mick (@Mickpundit) January 13, 2022
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