Bill Kristol @BillKristol
Frank Capra's 1939 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' quickly came to be viewed as a paean to American democracy. But may I note, guided by @KevinMKruse's tweets, that in real life then, in Feb. 1938, the filibuster had been most notably used to block the Wagner Anti-Lynching Bill? — PolitiTweet.org
