Calling the failure to change the filibuster rules “a terrible, terrible vote,” Sanders reiterated his belief that “what the Arizona Democratic Party did was exactly right”
. With Sinema’s vote preventing an expansive law that would have protected voting rights from passing, the executive board of her home state’s Democratic Party took action against her.
Making the rounds of the Sunday news talk shows, Sanders lamented that Manchin and Sinema were joining theof the Biden administration’s agenda while touting the popularity of President Joe Biden’s spending and social proposals. “Some of these states are doing away with the powers of independent election officials,” he continued. “They are moving in a very, very anti-democratic way. And it was absolutely imperative that we change the rules so that we could pass strong voting rights legislation.”
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