“The filibuster was created so that slave owners could hold power over our government.”
Ed Markey
Senator (D-Mass.). in a tweet. Claim dated 16 Mar 2021.
Washington Post rated thisThree Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
Lawmakers dedicated to preserving slavery or segregation may have exploited the filibuster for their own purposes, but they did not create it.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ed Markey (Senator (D-Mass.)) made this claim around 16 March 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 March 2021, 6 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.
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