Maxine Waters attacks Manchin and Sinema over voting bill, says they ‘don’t care’ about black people | Top stories

California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters claimed her Senate colleagues, the senses. Joe Manchin, DW.Va, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, “don’t care” about minorities and black people during an MSNBC interview with host Aaron Gilchrist on Sunday.

Waters lambasted senators for giving Republicans the ability to obstruct Democrats’ sweeping ballot bill that passed the House on Thursday.

Sinema and Manchin said they opposed eliminating the filibuster.

“They’ve sent the signal. They’ve been clear about it. They don’t care about minorities. They don’t care about black people. They don’t care about people in their own districts who they’re going to deny voting rights. and undermine their right to vote,” Waters said.

“I always have to be optimistic. But this is a very difficult time for Democrats,” Watters said. “We have two Democrats, Manchin and Sinema, and they’re holding back the Democratic agenda. They’ve decided they’re going to stick with supporting the filibuster, and they don’t care whether they’re undermining rights or not. minorities and blacks in this country.”

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Democrats think Republicans are ‘abusing[ing]”filibuster at risk of the right to vote, while Republicans claim that unlimited debate in the Senate is a fundamental part of the constitutional ‘spirit.’

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Filibuster is “action intended to prolong debate and delay or prevent passage of a bill,” according to Senate rules. The only way to break the maneuver is the fence, which requires 60 votes. Of the 100 Senate seats, Republicans have 50 and Democrats currently have 48, not including two independents who caucus with Democrats. This political composition has caused deadlocks on the Democratic agenda.

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to speak after leaving a meeting with the Senate Democratic Caucus in Washington, DC, U.S., Thursday, January 13, 2022.
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When asked what Democrats could do to resolve the impasse, Waters insisted there was nothing the party or President Biden could do and that the problems were all up to Republicans.

“That’s not what Democrats need to do. We’re doing everything that can be done. That’s what Republicans need to do. Why don’t we have a Republican, not one who will defend the right to vote people in And so I hear a lot about our president. He fights as hard as he can. I don’t know why people think he can make Manchin and Sinema do the right thing,” said she declared.