Kamala Harris: I'll Scrap the Senate Filibuster to Write Pro-Abortion Extremism Into US Law

Wait, so she's saying the federal government does have the power to intrude into abortion policy?

So she must equally believe the US government can forbid or restrict abortion as well?

Her values haven't changed. Wink.

Vice President and Democratic nominee for president Kamala Harris told WPR's "Wisconsin Today" on Monday that she supports ending the filibuster to restore Roe v. Wade to protect abortion rights nationally.

"I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe," Harris said in an interview that aired Tuesday morning. "And get us to the point where 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do."

In 2022 as vice president, Harris said she supported ending the filibuster to protect reproductive and voting rights. As a candidate for president in 2019 when she was a U.S. senator, she also said she would support ending the filibuster to pass environmental legislation known as the Green New Deal.

Joe Manchin has talked a good game about being a "centrist," but he's only now finally done something tangible to back that up.

He's not endorsing Kamala Harris. Baby steps, "Centrist."

"Shame on her," Manchin said in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. "She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy. It's the only thing that keeps us talking and working together. If she gets rid of that, then this would be the House on steroids."

Manchin opposed previous efforts to eliminate the filibuster. Manchin said the filibuster should not be eliminated for specific issues either. He has declined to endorse Harris, a former California Democratic senator, due to her position on the matter.

"That ain't going to happen," he said, according to CNN. "I think that basically can destroy our country, and my country is more important to me than any one person or any one person's ideology. ... I think it's the most horrible thing."

Update: Sinema also condemned the vow to gut the filibuster.

Steve Cortes @CortesSteve 2h

Wow. Kamala Harris has now been condemned by two Democrat Senators for her radical pledge to gut the filibuster so she can ram through Marxist legislation that would destroy our country. [Manchin and Sinema]

Thanks to andycanuck.

Via John Sexton: She previously vowed to defend the filibuster, from alleged plans of the GOP to scrap it.

Her word means nothing. "Her values haven't changed." Wink.

Sexton adds:

Second, she's saying this in a local radio interview in Wisconsin, not in a national interview on television. This is a pathetic, cowardly way to campaign but let's face it, radio works for Harris because she can read the talking points put in front of her rather than trying to think on her feet, which often doesn't go well for her. More to the point, this is clearly a political play to highlight abortion as an issue in swing states.

posted by Ace at 04:55 PM

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