Article 5F1BC Biden's no LBJ but he must protect voting rights. What else is the presidency for? | Robert Reich

Biden's no LBJ but he must protect voting rights. What else is the presidency for? | Robert Reich

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Robert Reich
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Republicans want to go back to Jim Crow. Democrats want to protect Black and brown voters. The filibuster simply has to go

In 1963, when the newly sworn in Lyndon Baines Johnson was advised against using his limited political capital on the controversial issue of civil and voting rights for Black Americans, he responded: Well, what the hell's the presidency for?"

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