Biden Agrees With Obama: Filibuster Is A Relic of The Jim Crow Era

Kaitlyn Collins: Regarding the filibuster, at john lewis' funeral, barack obama said he believed the filibuster was a relic of the jim crow era. Do you agreeShow more

Biden: Yes
 

Kaitlyn Collins:  If not, why not abolish it as a relic of the jim crow era?

Biden: Successful electoral politics. Let's figure out how we can get this done and move in that direction of significantly changing the filibuster rule first. It has been abused from the time he came into being, by an extreme way in the last 20 years , let's deal with the abuse first.