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Mitch McConnell: You could not invent a better advertisement for the legislative filibuster than a president abandoning rational…

On the recordJanuary 12, 2022
You could not invent a better advertisement for the legislative filibuster than a president abandoning rational persuasion for pure demagoguery.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

McConnell's defense of the filibuster in response to Biden's rhetoric.

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