Democrat hypocrisy on the filibuster issue is staggering. I know it seems like we’re banging on about this issue. But it’s that important. The filibuster must not be done away with. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia, tells us why.

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Capito: We are at a critical moment in history. With the slimmest of majorities, Democrats haven’t been able to pass their wildly unpopular and dangerous agenda. As a result, they are considering using the nuclear option to eliminate the Senate’s 60-vote threshold for legislation. And, they are doing it under the guise of “protecting voting rights.”

Make no mistake, this power grab is not about voting rights. Instead, it’s about advancing one party’s radical agenda. Even some of my fellow Senate colleagues on the opposite side agree that preserving the filibuster is in the best interest of the American people and in ensuring that the Senate continues to serve as the world’s greatest deliberative body. When speaking about whether she would support eliminating the filibuster, Democrat Senator Kyrsten Sinema said on the Senate floor last week that she would “not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country.”

And my colleague from West Virginia, Senator Joe Manchin, followed up by saying, “Allowing one party to exert complete control in the Senate with only a simple majority will only pour fuel onto the fire of political whiplash and dysfunction that is tearing this nation apart – especially when one party controls both Congress and the White House.”

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I couldn’t agree more. Let’s also look back and see where other Democrats have stood on this issue in the past. Also from my home state of West Virginia, the late Senator Robert Byrd—a longtime Democrat—was unequivocal in his defense of preserving the Senate’s rules. He wrote in 2010 that, “the Senate has been the last fortress of minority rights and freedom of speech in this Republic for more than two centuries. I pray that Senators will pause and reflect before ignoring that history and tradition in favor of the political priority of the moment.”

During the previous administration, Senate Democrats used the filibuster more than 300 times. And in 2017, 32 Democrats joined Republicans—myself included—in a letter advocating to preserve the filibuster.

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In 2005, President Biden said in a Senate speech, “At its core, the filibuster is not about stopping a nominee or a bill – it’s about compromise and moderation.” In this same speech, he said when it came to eliminating the filibuster that, “It is not only a bad idea, it upsets the constitutional design and it disservices the country.”

But, he’s not the only one who has done a complete 180 when it comes to the filibuster. Majority Leader Schumer once said it would be “doomsday for Democracy” if the filibuster were to be eliminated. More recently, he called the filibuster “the most important distinction between the Senate and the House.”

…The last time Democrats changed the rules to benefit themselves in the short term, Leader McConnell rightly predicted they would regret it. This time, with much more on the line, will Democrats regret doing it again? You bet they will. But, unfortunately, the country will suffer the consequences.

This piece was written by David Kamioner on January 19, 2022. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.

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