Does the filibuster has a place in democracy? Thom Hartmann explains how the racist history of the filibuster does not serve democracy.

Is it really democratic that one senator can stop popular legislation from passing through the filibuster? Why was the filibuster used to stop civil rights legislation repeatedly?

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