Biden: ‘No Democracy Has Survived Needing A Supermajority’

Vice President Joe Biden
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Vice President Joe Biden slammed the Republican’s use of the Senate’s supermajority rules yesterday, saying that he’s never before seen “the Constitution stood on its head as they’ve done,” and that “no democracy has survived needing a supermajority.”

At a private fundraiser in Florida, Biden spoke out harshly against the need for 60 senators for “every single solitary decision.”

According to the pool report, Biden said “he’s never seen, as my uncle once said, the Constitution stood on its head as they’ve done. This is the first time every single solitary decisions has required 60 senators.”

He continued: “No democracy has survived needing a supermajority.”

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