Immediate use of this hysteria is to give cover for getting rid of filibuster in the Senate: 3 D- senators who actually signed a letter 5 years ago that they’ll stand by the filibuster rule now are saying that “J6 changed everything”. A professor admonishes young politicos who blame Republicans for “standing in the way of progress”, takes them through history and explains that you actually need to “blame the constitution”. He means it in a literal sense – not to explain that the youngsters are wrong, but that rather than getting rid of republicans, they need to get rid of the constitution to move forward.
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