Warner Supports “Small Waiver” to Obstruction of Voting Rights

His. Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerSunday shows insight: bipartisan infrastructure talks drag on; Democrats Move Forward with Jan 6 Hillicon Valley Inquiry: Democrats Introduce Bill to Hold Platforms Accountable for Disinformation During Health Crises | Website crashes hit Olympics, Amazon, big banks Senators introduce bipartisan bill to protect critical groups from hackers (D-Va.) Said on Sunday he would support a “small exclusion” from filibustering voting rights legislation.

“I don’t want the Senate to become like the House, but I believe that when it comes to voting rights, when it comes to this fundamental right to exercise and participate in democracy, I am very worried about what is happening in some of these states where they actually penalize , saying that if you give water to someone who is waiting in line to vote, or in states like Texas where they see that a local government can overcome the results of a local election, that doesn’t is not democracy “, Warner told the host Marthe MacCallum in “Fox News Sunday”.

“And if we have to make a small exception on the filibustering of voting rights, that’s the only area where I would allow this kind of reform,” Warner said.

Warner’s comments come as Republican lawmakers call for filibustering of voting bills, which come in response to GOP-led states passing restrictive voting measures in 2021.

The Virginia Democrat also questioned the Senate Majority Leader Harry reidHarry Mason Reid’s hopesSenate embrace nuclear obstruction Biden fails to break GOP ‘fever’ Nevada governor signs law making state first presidential primary MORE (D-Nev.) Opening the door to changing filibuster in 2013.

“Look, I wish we hadn’t even started this ten years ago. When the Democratic leadership actually changed the rules, I don’t think we got the Supreme Court if we still had a 60-vote margin on filibuster, ”Warner told MacCallum.

“But we are where we are, and the idea that one way or another to protect the rights of the minority in the Senate, we are going to take away the rights of minorities and young people all over the country, it does not just isn’t fair to me. ”