Russ Feingold: 'Making Our Votes Meaningless?' |
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Commentary |
Written by Russ Feingold |
Tuesday, 28 March 2017 11:09 |
MIDDLETON, WI - Barack Obama won the 2012 presidential election by approximately 5 million votes. Donald Trump lost the 2016 election by approximately 3 million.
And undermining the meaning of our votes undermines not just the legitimacy of President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court -- but the very legitimacy of our democratic system itself. Real signs are emerging that Republicans won’t be able to move past a filibuster (or eliminate the filibuster itself) if Democrats and Independents draw a line in the sand here. We need to show Democratic and Independent senators that we’ll have their backs if they stand for us. Thank you for standing up for our democratic legitimacy, Russ Feingold |
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