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Mondaire Jones: There is no way out of this in terms of salvaging our ailing democracy without at a minimum, making an exception to the…

On the recordJuly 13, 2021
There is no way out of this in terms of salvaging our ailing democracy without at a minimum, making an exception to the filibuster for purposes of securing the fundamental rights to vote in this country.
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Mondaire Jones
New York
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msnbc.com

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Jones discusses the critical need for filibuster reform to protect voting rights.

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