Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agoWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1105file-text
arrow-up1105message-squareWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agothe same way thurmond did it; you secure the votes behinds the scenes and then throw a filibuster when it’s time to vote to turn up the pain; not when there’s nothing on the table and no one around like booker did it.
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoThey shook hands and unanimously approved (booker too) more weapons for the genocide immediately after the performance.
the same way thurmond did it; you secure the votes behinds the scenes and then throw a filibuster when it’s time to vote to turn up the pain; not when there’s nothing on the table and no one around like booker did it.
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They shook hands and unanimously approved (booker too) more weapons for the genocide immediately after the performance.