At yesterday’s press conference, President Biden said he agreed with former President Obama’s assessment that the Senate filibuster is a “relic of the Jim Crow era”:
President Biden says he agrees with former President Barack Obama that the filibuster is "a relic of the Jim Crow era" https://t.co/2Ja2XJtnHj
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 25, 2021
Fox News’ John Roberts helped run the numbers from last year, and a certain political party used that “relic of the Jim Crow era” a lot more than another:
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
Awkward!
If the filibuster is racist then… https://t.co/zOLtjQLvgp
— Kevin Sinclair (@kevinsinclairsk) March 26, 2021
Not coming to a WaPo, Politifact, or Daniel Dale fact check near you. https://t.co/OrEverz2f1
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) March 26, 2021
With all that said, it’s no surprise what reporters didn’t bother to follow up with:
Another question that reporters should have asked Joe Biden yesterday — why was Chuck Schumer and his colleagues trying to make America Jim Crow Again? https://t.co/yWDdqjGmHF
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 26, 2021
Lot of questions about filibuster at press conference yesterday, no mentions to President Biden by WH reporters that he previously supported said filibuster that he now agrees is "Jim Crow relic." pic.twitter.com/Ds0RdE86Ue
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) March 26, 2021
Color us shocked!
Someone should probably ask Joe Biden if he really believes the filibuster is a "relic of the Jim Crow era," then why did he used it repeatedly during his years in the Senate? #bidenpressconference
— Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) March 25, 2021
The Biden administration is counting on the media to keep that fact as buried as possible.