At the University of Chicago, David Axelrod asked me whether I would do away with the filibuster.
I do not appreciate the wholesale fictionalization of American history — the idea that the filibuster is a grand compromise intentionally put into our system.
The filibuster in the Senate was created by a clerical error, and Jim Crow segregationists realized that they could use it to delay the enfranchisement of Black Americans for decades.
The origin of the filibuster is part of the institutional racism that was baked into our institutions.
The idea that it was a high-minded, intentional mechanism is just a fairytale meant to launder the history of racism in America into something it’s not.
We have to have a politics of integrity. We have to stand up for what is right in this country. We can change the page.
Together, we’ve built a movement fighting for critical issues — from Medicare for All to democratizing fundraising power in politics.
In solidarity,
Alexandria
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