It actually is the tyranny of the minority. You get 40 senators who are able to block even things that are bipartisan and that the entire country wants just like happened during, you know, the Jim Crow era and the movement of -- or the black movement of anti-lynching bills.
Jayapal criticizes the filibuster for allowing a minority of senators to block legislation that has broad support.
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