Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-223 days agoWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareWhat did Cory Booker 25-Hour speech actually achieve in terms of change?Mee@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-223 days agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejaxxed@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·23 days agoIt is not unreasonable to ask why he didn’t use the filibuster to block actual legislation, instead of just I terupting procedure.
minus-squareBophades@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·23 days agoNo, of course it’s not unreasonable to ask that, and I never implied that it is. It would have been incredible if he had chosen a more potent time. But that’s not what is being said, nor was it what I’m arguing against.
It is not unreasonable to ask why he didn’t use the filibuster to block actual legislation, instead of just I terupting procedure.
No, of course it’s not unreasonable to ask that, and I never implied that it is. It would have been incredible if he had chosen a more potent time. But that’s not what is being said, nor was it what I’m arguing against.