Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur
A partial walk-back from McConnell's office, which says he was referring to the *origins* of the filibuster. The *use* of the filibuster, of course, has an extensive and well-documented racial history over generations (though it's now used on everything). https://t.co/1LQZtYPWNe — PolitiTweet.org
Doug Andres @DougAndres
He was referring to the origins of the filibuster: "Historians told PolitiFact that the filibuster did not emerge⦠https://t.co/YleabgDvuV