Back in March Obama told us filibusters were "Jim Crow relics" so why are Texas Democrats participating in this racist pastime?
A filibuster is still underway in the Texas Senate Thursday morning.
Senator Carol Alvarado, a democrat representing the Houston area, entered her fifteenth hour on the floor at about 8 a.m.
Alvarado, who is trying to block the Republican-led elections bill, began her filibuster just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
According to Texas democrats, the bill is designed to suppress votes as it would would restrict vote-by-mail, eliminate drive-thru and 24-hour voting, and empower poll watchers.
The filibuster requires a lawmaker to stand and speak continuously. It is unclear how long Alvarado will continue.
Remember: every time the Democrats dislike something they'll call it racist. The election bill Alvarado is filibustering against is supposedly racist, according to members of her own party, even though the proposed law has nothing to do with race.
Even filibusters are racist, according to former President Barack Obama, because they don't want Republicans to filibuster in Washington DC (but of course it's okay in Austin for some reason).
Former President Barack Obama on Thursday called for the elimination of the Senate's filibuster rule if it is used to block sweeping voting reforms, labeling the chamber's long-held 60-vote threshold a "Jim Crow relic."
Delivering a eulogy at the funeral of Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), Obama implored politicians to go beyond paying lip service to the civil rights icon and urged leaders to continue Lewis' life‘s work by pushing for reforms. The best way to honor Lewis, the former president said, would be to pass the recently introduced voting rights act named in his honor.
Oh, he used a funeral to make a political statement? What a classy guy.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 15: Flanked by Texas Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer of San Antonio (L) and Texas Sen. Carol Alvarado of Houston (R), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) meets with Texas Democratic lawmakers to discuss voting rights at the U.S. Capitol on June 15, 2021. Nearly two dozen Democratic members of the Texas state legislature are visiting Washington this week to push for Congress to pass voting rights legislation. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)