Is Black America fed up with Biden? Civil rights leaders boycott POTUS in Georgia

12 Jan, 2022 00:55

President Biden was in Georgia Tuesday to show support for reform in Congress to eliminate the filibuster, a mechanism whereby senators can block legislation by preventing legislative business by delivering indefinitely long speeches. But fellow Democrats such as former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams boycotted the speech in protest of perceived inaction on his part. The push to eliminate the filibuster is an escalation of the ongoing clash in Congress over perceived voter suppression and election integrity. RT America's Paxton Boyd reports. Then former Georgia state lawmaker Dee Dawkins Haigler and conservative commentator Melik Abdul share their insights.

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