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Nevilledog

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Sun Jun 6, 2021, 12:43 PM Jun 2021

Martin Luther King, Jr. called the filibuster a "tragedy" used by "misguided Senators" to block...



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Jun 6, 2021
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Martin Luther King, Jr. called the filibuster a “tragedy” used by “misguided Senators” to block “people from even voting.”

Senators who use the filibuster “do not represent the majority of the American people.” #MisguidedSenators



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MLK answered that the upcoming March on Washington, where King would deliver his famous “I have a Dream” speech, is part of the fight to protest the filibuster and obtain civil rights legislation. #ProtestTheFilibuster

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