Is the Democrats’ public demonstration of weakness on the filibuster really going to fire up progressives, or will it demoralize them?
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris wave on the grounds of Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Ga., January 11, 2022.
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On Tuesday, President Biden went down to Georgia to deliver a speech that was as pathetic as it was demagogic.
The demagoguery in Biden’s speech focused on the idea that American democracy will die if Democratic bills to federalize elections aren’t passed and that those who oppose such bills — or merely oppose abolition of the filibuster — will go down in history alongside the likes of George Wallace, Bull Connor, and Jefferson Davis.
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John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.
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On Tuesday, President Biden went down to Georgia to deliver a speech that was as pathetic as it was demagogic.
The demagoguery in Biden’s speech focused on the idea that American democracy will die if Democratic bills to federalize elections aren’t passed and that those who oppose such bills — or merely oppose abolition of the filibuster — will go down in history alongside the likes of George Wallace, Bull Connor, and Jefferson Davis.
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About the Author
John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.
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