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WSHazel

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2. This is an exaggeration about what happened

Reply to Bennet Kelley (Original post)

Thu Nov 13, 2025, 07:43 AM

Nov 13

The only thing the cave by these 8 did was not force Republicans to end run the filibuster. Republicans are in the majority and can do whatever they want, and we can not stop them. The hand wringing over what is ultimately a pretty “inside baseball” outcome seems a bit much.

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