If you want to know who ultimately killed the filibuster, it is 100 percent Mitch McConnell because he disabused every single Democrat of the belief that you can pass anything with 60.
Ezra Klein: “If you want to know who ultimately killed the filibuster, it is 100 percent Mitch McConnell because he disabused every…”
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Klein attributes the end of the filibuster to Mitch McConnell's actions, which led Democrats to believe bipartisan support is unattainable.
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