Obama wants the filibuster gone and speech ruled: ‘What’s going to change isn’t the change you want’

Obama wants the filibuster gone and speech ruled: ‘What’s going to change isn’t the change you want’


Former president Barack Obama is talking about more than Democrats winning the upcoming midterm elections — he’s talking about changing how government and public discussions work.

And BlazeTV host Pat Gray of “Pat Gray Unleashed” is alarmed.

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At the annual Salem State University Speaker Series showcase last week, Obama explained to students that “we have to redesign how the federal government, at least, works so that it can actually get stuff done.”

“And I’ll give you one example that plagued me during my presidency, and even during my presidency, I was convinced we needed to get rid of it,” he continued.

“The practice of the filibuster, which is not in the Constitution. It is a practice that was adopted almost by accident,” he added.

“How many times have we said

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