BREAKING: Schumer Suffers Crushing Defeat
on Filibuster, as Manchin and Sinema Stand Firm
Red State,
by
Nick Arama
Original Article
Posted By: Come And Take It,
1/20/2022 12:17:19 AM
I’m not sure what Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) thought he was going to get by pushing a vote on the Democratic effort to federalize elections (which they call ‘voting rights’) and on the filibuster.
Schumer knew that he was likely to get a “no” on the filibuster from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). They’ve only been holding fast on the subject for months. Both also were very firm on the subject in speeches — Sinema earlier in the week and Manchin earlier on Wednesday. It wasn’t happening, they said.
But Schumer decided to commit electoral suicide anyway, and he got it tonight.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Scramus 1/20/2022 12:42:21 AM (No. 1044686)
I love the way that the failure of a former NASA bill will allow AOC in fly into Senator Schumer's safe space.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
qr4j 1/20/2022 12:42:38 AM (No. 1044687)
Maybe we should just let Manchin and Sinema join the ranks of the "moderate" GOP. They cannot be any worse than Romney. So far they are a helluva lot better.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 1/20/2022 12:52:12 AM (No. 1044691)
ALWAYS keep an eye on the RINO Trio - Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt "Pierre Delecto" Romney. They are the ones that the Dems want so bad.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
janjan 1/20/2022 12:52:45 AM (No. 1044692)
What’s so ‘crushing’ about it? He knows he doesn’t have the votes for this. This is a game.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
valinva 1/20/2022 1:21:57 AM (No. 1044695)
Schumer and the Democrat leadership knew full well this would fail. They went ahead with this exercise for one reason only. It was so they can say that Republicans are racists who are trying to keep blacks and minorities from voting. They need a tremendous turnout from their reliable base to have any chance of winning anything in the mid-terms. Michelle Obama just announced is going to help register a million new voters and here is a clue for you. She is not going after conservative white people to register. Unfortunately the media lapdogs will repeat that Republicans are trying to suppress the minority vote over and over instead of reporting what is actually in the Steal Votes Forever Bill. They have already stopped reporting on the mess at the border and the 2 million plus who have illegally entered the US and are being flown all over the country. I just heard tonight that there is now a backlog of 1.6 million immigration cases that will need to be heard by the 500 immigration judges in the US. Even if their case comes up 5 years from now, the leftists will argue that it would be cruel to deport them after they have established themselves in the US and had 3 or 4 babies. What a mess.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
danu 1/20/2022 1:31:12 AM (No. 1044702)
God is great.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/20/2022 1:52:30 AM (No. 1044715)
#5 has it right concerning the millions of mostly poor and uneducated illegal aliens (migrants) who the Democrats are allowing to flood the USA with the intention of eventually registering as many as possible as future socialist Democrat voters.
What is needed is a constitutional amendment to the effect that all illegal aliens who unlawfully entered or stayed in the USA illegally are permanently ineligible for US citizenship. If that were to occur the Democrats would immediately loose interest in allowing illegal aliens to continue entering the USA unlawfully, because there would be no way that they could legalize millions of illegal aliens through their proposed “path to citizenship” legislative amnesty programs culminating in millions of former illegal aliens being registered to vote in future U.S. elections as socialist Democrat voters.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
singermom9 1/20/2022 2:53:04 AM (No. 1044734)
Soon romney and the other repub turncoats will receive a large "donation" from Soros and dems and ALL-OF-A-SUDDEN will come to the realization that the filibuster is no longer needed. Stay tuned. I called it first.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mifla 1/20/2022 4:42:30 AM (No. 1044753)
Not sure of Chuck's intentions, but he forced a few Dem senators who are up for re-election in conservative states to go on record to get rid of the filibuster. I am sure they are muttering under their collective breath right now.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Trigger2 1/20/2022 4:47:23 AM (No. 1044758)
I sincerely hope Chuckie suffers another defeat in his reelection campaign.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 1/20/2022 5:41:12 AM (No. 1044794)
I heard Kamala give the results of the vote. She said it was 51 to 49. If this is correct and Manchin and Sinema voted with the republicans, then what republican voted with the democrats??????
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 1/20/2022 6:04:05 AM (No. 1044803)
Here's the video where Kamala says 51 to 49. I'm confused when all other sites are saying 52 to 48.
https://trendingpolitics.com/watch-a-defeated-kamala-harris-sees-her-voting-rights-bill-go-down-then-she-runs-for-the-exits-knab/
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 1/20/2022 6:09:11 AM (No. 1044805)
You are a United States Senator and your body’s President is Heels Up! The dumbest person ever in politics! Ha!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 1/20/2022 6:38:03 AM (No. 1044822)
You know things are bad when you need two Democrats to save the Republic.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Rinktum 1/20/2022 6:51:22 AM (No. 1044830)
I have a different take on this. Democrats wanted this to fail. Now they can run on it. Their battle cry is set. Republicans are racists, over and over. They know they will lose in 2022 but right now winning is not as important as setting this up for 2024. They will scream voter fraud after the 2022 election. That is all you will hear. Then the push will be on to get a bill passed before 2024. That is their goal. They have to hold on to the Presidency. No way they can allow Trump another bite at the apple. It would mean disaster for them. They will convince some Republicans to join them in a bi-partisan effort to pass some kind of fair election bill and some will comply because of the pressure the media will put on them regarding the security of the elections. Democrats are not done with this issue. They must pass a bill or they will lose elections going forward because of the mess they have made with this incompetent anti-American administration. They have pushed too far and Americans are pushing back and they cannot have that. Never think for a moment these zealots are finished. They are just regrouping. They live to fight another day and until Republicans understand the threat they are to the Republic and are willing to stand up to them, the country is at grave peril. As it looks to me, we have a few solid Republicans and a host of patriots who are willing to take the fight to them. There is strength in numbers and we have the numbers and democrats know it. Why do you think they threw open the borders? It’s all going to be about 2024 going forward. You can bet democrats have a plan to register every illegal alien that strode into this country with their blessing. Be prepared to defend your country at the ballot box. We still have the numbers. No patriot stays home. It is our only hope.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Krause 1/20/2022 7:26:19 AM (No. 1044845)
The undemocratic democrat party is doing everything now to 'save our democracy.' They can never shoot straight. You can't govern with gimmicks.
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Too bad.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
TCloud 1/20/2022 7:58:13 AM (No. 1044877)
I have a few neighbors in my hood that are by now complete wrecks as Democrats and they can now hear my giggles and chuckles!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
gwholmessr 1/20/2022 8:00:15 AM (No. 1044879)
This is going to make most of you angry but here it goes, when was the last fair election, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton ? We know GW had issues with hanging chads so was it then? My guess is there hasnt been a fair election since the Industrial Age when men like Rockefeller, Carnegie, Westinghouse, the Vanderbilts discovered how to control politicians. Watch the series, Men who built American, afterwards look at the money men today and then realize we support our demise by shopping at Wal Mart, Amazon, Target, Lowe’s and the list goes on. Trump won and they never expected it to happen but they figured out how to get rid of him.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 1/20/2022 8:02:15 AM (No. 1044882)
#12 - there were two votes last night. The first was to end debate on the Election Manipulation bill. 60 votes required to end debate, the Rats only got 49. The second vote was to abolish the filibuster. Only 50 votes need (plus Kamaltoe's tie-breaker) but they only got 48.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/20/2022 8:08:40 AM (No. 1044888)
Schumer's only objective here was to try to embarrass Manchin and Sinema in front of their colleagues by forcing them to put their votes on the record. Instead, he embarrassed himself but Schumer doesn't seem to mind that since he does it all the time. Not exactly a crushing defeat but hey, we'll take it.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
JackBurton 1/20/2022 8:19:15 AM (No. 1044896)
If one Democrat voted against this...
....then the result is 'bipartisan' and the opposition was 'along party lines.'
Making observations like that always worked before. Didn't it?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
JackBurton 1/20/2022 8:23:12 AM (No. 1044905)
BTW... the Red State article posted on this site says the vote was 48-52.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 1/20/2022 8:48:06 AM (No. 1044925)
In re #11 and #12, there was a news report the other day that Pierre Delecto may vote with the dims on this bill. I haven't been able to substantiate if he did or didn't.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
TJ54 1/20/2022 8:57:07 AM (No. 1044934)
79 percent of Blacks are racist then because that is the percentage of Blacks who WANT Voter ID. If tge RNC were smart (but they aren’t) they could run ads stating this plus we are the only first world country without voter ID and France outlawed mail in voting in 1975 since fraud was so rampant
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/20/2022 9:11:35 AM (No. 1044964)
#19, don’t forget Big Tech. Zuckerberg poured half a billion (with a B) into making sure that TaliBiden could cheat his way into the WH.
Dump Fakebook! If you’re still on it, you’re enabling voter fraud.
10 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 1/20/2022 9:11:42 AM (No. 1044965)
I'm really surprised by this.
I've always thought - - that America was ready to be led by an ugly communist - - with a Brooklyn accent - - and glasses on the tip of his big nose.
Well - - sometimes I'm wrong.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 1/20/2022 9:13:15 AM (No. 1044969)
Just what we need, the moron aoc in the senate.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 1/20/2022 9:19:28 AM (No. 1044980)
It would appear that the Senate Majority Leader has stepped into a schiff load of schumer. Watch your step.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
marlon 1/20/2022 9:26:19 AM (No. 1044989)
I don't understand all of this AOC taking Schmuckies seat. It's a state wide election, she got what like 5,000 votes in her district to make it to congress. Even in NY I doubt she has wide range appeal. The Jewish vote will stay with Schmukie and I doubt too many outside of NYC would vote for her. Of course one could go broke betting on the sanity of NY voters!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 1/20/2022 9:43:41 AM (No. 1045016)
I think they went ahead with the vote just to show the Democrat base they are ''trying''. But with so many other problems on the front burner, the 'you're a racist' mantra is losing its effectiveness.
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If she managed to toss Schumer out on his corrupted fanny, Democrats would probably have the same reaction that they had when Eric Cantor got booted by Dave Bratt, a political first timer. Sometimes it doesn't take much. I know I would not be able to stop laughing for at least a week if she managed it. She just needs a good campaign manager.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
EQKimball 1/20/2022 10:05:00 AM (No. 1045044)
With an electoral red wave coming and Biden crashing, there is no advantage to RINO senators to switch sides in order to be part of the ruling caucus for only 10 months.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
kiwinews 1/20/2022 10:27:53 AM (No. 1045071)
But what about the hollowed-out NASA bill? The Trojan horse that only has to be passed by a simple majority? Don't celebrate too soon.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
kiwinews 1/20/2022 10:29:22 AM (No. 1045076)
He only lost on the filibuster, the same poison bill still lives, just under a different name. For the same outcome, he only needs a simple majority.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
ASU86PE 1/20/2022 10:36:03 AM (No. 1045088)
The word everyone is searching for the vote is, "bipartisanship" & that it triumphed!
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
DVC 1/20/2022 10:56:33 AM (No. 1045117)
Too bad a 'crushing defeat' doesn't involve any actual crushing.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Zigrid 1/20/2022 11:29:45 AM (No. 1045152)
How sweet it is!!...chuckie is losing control and aoc loves it...well...she shouldn't count her chickens yet...New York is a big place...not just her little corner of her world...upstate will take her to task...and her latest charge that ALL conservative white men hate her because they really want to sleep with her....can you believe her arrogance....look in the mirror darling...you ain't special...even though you're younger than botox and hair dye nervous nancy...you still can't cut it!!
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
dman 1/20/2022 11:34:41 AM (No. 1045155)
For now. However, the GOP elites make the primary rules, count the votes, and dole out the $$$ to primary candidates. The Republic is dangling on a thread as long as McConnell, McCarthy and RINOs like Collins, Snow, et al remain within the party, GOP funding depends on globalist billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street speculators, and traitors like Murkowski and Cheny still have a "voice" and a vote.
Then the unrelenting pressure on Manchin and Sinema may yet take its toll.
Dangling on a thread.
Our ultimate hope is on Divine Providence and a new MAGA party to clean it all up.
And a helluva lot of work and sacrifice by the rest of us.
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Well, at least two senate DEMONcRATS are honest.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 1/20/2022 5:02:40 PM (No. 1045493)
The Dims are living with the vote… this time.
How long until the Red Guard marches in and arrests all who don’t do the communists bidding?
Tick tick!
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/20/2022 6:12:18 PM (No. 1045557)
Biden and the Democrats don’t really care about how most Americans vote, as they believe that most of the electorate is politically stupid and are very susceptible to Democrat “snow jobs” and buying vote schemes. In that respect Biden appeared to insinuate yesterday that most Americans residing outside the DC beltway these days are dumb and happy as long as they have three hots, a cot, and feel secure. What Biden and the Democrats do really care about are who the machines and people are who actually do count the votes, and intend, through partisan “voting rights” legislation to retain control most of those machines and people in the big, and battleground states to ensure repeats of the 2020 election on into the future no matter how Americans vote, thus keeping a progressive or socialist Democrat President in the White House.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
mc squared 1/20/2022 7:18:26 PM (No. 1045626)
Dems should have named it the 'The Children's' Voting Rights Act'. Everyone vote for bills named for The Kids'
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Bull Schumer may not realize it yet, but he just gave AOC all kinds of ammunition to primary him now. She can say that he doesn't know his own caucus and can't deliver the goods, just as she has done with Nasty Nanzi.