bad thing i mean i think it's bad in many respects i think it's good in other respects i think it's just what it is and if you don't like that it's happening well i'm sorry it is happening colbert did call for abolishing the senate and he said he was NUMBER_TOKEN serious he wasn't joking he reiterates his point he drives it home let me show you the the top rated late late-night host telling the american people and our institutions and then sit back and tell me everything's fine before we get started head over to URL_TOKEN become a member if you would like to support my work if you think these videos are important if you think our journalists and the work they do is important and if you want to get exclusive episodes of the timecast irl podcast go to URL_TOKEN sign up we need your support to keep this uh machine turning we we are not uh for the most part ad supported we're not we do have some sponsors we do get revenue from ads but we are for the most part expanding all thanks to us members making this possible so don't forget to like this video subscribe to this channel share the video everywhere you can post the link wherever you can post it on facebook post it on twitter gab getter whatever because we need that support we don't have big marketing teams we just have you guys now let's read the story first from real clear politics cbs's colbert to senator warren what if we just get rid of the anti-democratic senate curtis hoke says cbs's colbert proposes the senate be eliminated if the filibuster can't be axed because it is the most anti-democratic institution next to the judiciary because though it's the way it is because the senate is the way it is i cannot understand what positive purpose it provides perhaps if colbert uh read a book or went to i don't know uh grade school he might have a basic understanding of why we have this in our country of course it could just be that colbert is lying and just wants power for his uniparty mrc editor curtis hawk highlighted an interesting moment where cbs late show host stephen colbert wondered during an interview last night with sender elizabeth warren quote if we can't get rid of the filibuster why don't we simply get rid of the senate i don't understand what poss what possible positive purpose the u.s senate provides right now colbert said and i'm NUMBER_TOKEN serious here it's the most anti-democratic institution i'd like to point out it's because we're not a democracy it would be like if colbert came out and said outright the senate isn't fascist we should get rid of it so that we can do it um we're in a fascist country either we're not a dem we're not a democracy we're a constitutional republic with democratic institutions with democratic electoral representation that means we vote for people we think represent us best the states have representatives certain districts have representatives so that our areas have a voice when it comes to how things are run the famous quote a democracy
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