Hakeem Jeffries actually said...

The filibuster is the obstacle toward this equilibrium between majority rule and minority rights, and that is one of the reasons why it is a perversion of our democracy, an obstacle to progress.

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Jeffries criticizes the filibuster as a barrier to achieving a balance between majority rule and minority rights.

01/16/2022

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