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On the recordMarch 3, 2021
Manchin is still saying hell no, never, to getting rid of the Senate filibuster, whose only purpose upon its creation was to prevent black Americans from getting civil and voting rights, by giving Dixiecrats southern senators a veto.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
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msnbc.com

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Discussion on Joe Manchin's stance against abolishing the filibuster.

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