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McConnell takes victory lap after two Dems help him to destroy 'progressive dream' of filibuster reform
January 26, 2021
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday praised Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ), who have reportedly promised him that they will vote against reforming the filibuster rule.
"Yesterday, two Democratic senators confirmed that they will not provide the votes to eliminate the filibuster," McConnell said during a speech on the Senate floor.
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According to McConnell, Manchin had given him a "guarantee" that the filibuster will remain in place. And Sinema, who personally spoke to McConnell, said that she is "not open to changing her mind."
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McConnell criticized Schumer for allowing the Democratic caucus to entertain the idea of reforming the filibuster rule.
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"Rather than rely on the Democratic leader, I took the discussion directly to his members," the Kentucky Republican bragged. "Basic arithmetic now ensures that there are not enough votes to break the rule."
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McConnell went on to defend his own decision to eliminate the filibuster rule on judicial nominations, calling it a "longstanding norm."
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"Legislation is very different," he insisted.
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McConnell argued that he had "endured many tweets" from President Donald Trump pressing him to end the filibuster rule.
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"Taking that plunge would not be a progressive's dream. It would be a nightmare. I guarantee it," he concluded.
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Watch the video below from C-SPAN.
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Two police officers from Rocky Mount, Virginia have been fired after they photographed themselves at the infamous pro-Trump riots in the United States Capitol building.
The Roanoke Times reports that former Rocky Mount Police Department Sgt. Thomas "T.J." Robertson and former Officer Jacob Fracker were terminated this week after they posted selfies of themselves inside the Capitol on January 6th.
<p>Rocky Mount Town Manager James Ervin said that their actions led to outrage among many residents, though he defended the town's meticulous approach to holding the officers accountable.</p><p>"We hear those who have communicated their anger and frustration about the actions of these individuals or our response to those actions," Ervin said. "We have treated the process of review seriously from the beginning and thank those who contributed and in coordinating a response in a quick, objective and lawful manner."</p><p>The two officers earlier this month were charged with a misdemeanor of knowingly entering a restricted building without authority to do so to engage in conduct that disrupts government business; and a petty offense of engaging in disruptive conduct in the Capitol in order to interfere with a session of Congress.</p>
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European Commission president: We're worried that democracy was 'permanently damaged' under Trump
January 26, 2021
During a speech at the Davos Agenda summit on Tuesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that she's worried about the effect of Donald Trump's presidency on the state of democracy, Forbes reports.
Von der Leyen said that global leaders "are worrying about whether democracy itself might have been permanently damaged in the last four years" thanks to Trump.
<p>She went on to say that the global community "must nurture our democracy every day and defend our institutions against the corrosive power of hate speech, of disinformation, fake news, and incitement to violence."<br/></p><p>"And in a world where polarizing opinions are the loudest, it is a short step from crude conspiracy theories to the death of a police officer, and unfortunately the storming of the [U.S. Capitol] showed us how just true that is," she said.</p><p>Watch her full speech below:</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/unl2SBxH9oo" width="560"></iframe></div>
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