Joe Biden said Tuesday, Jan. 11, that he would support a high – risk change in Senate legislation if necessary “To prevent a minority of senators from being barred” Extensive reform of minority voting rights.

“For the past two months, I have had quiet conversations with members of Congress. I’m tired of being silent ” The U.S. president has walked away from Georgia, facing sanctions from Republicans for two crucial bills. “Cradle” Of the struggle for civil rights.

In a brutal speech full of references to this struggle led by Martin Luther King in the 1960s, Joe Biden declared: “I want to make it clear today that I support any change in the Senate’s laws to protect democracy, which, in any case, will prevent a minority of senators from gaining access to the right to vote. “

Speaking of a “Turns out” He assured it to the United States “Every member of the Senate is judged by history.”, Regardless of which party he belongs to. “History has never shown mercy to those who restrict access to the vote. And not just for those who conspired to sabotage the election., Joe Biden, who spoke in Atlanta, warned students at universities that have historically been associated with the African-American community.

Democrats want two pieces of legislation passed

Vice President Kamala Harris had earlier warned “Satisfaction” Where “Complexity” Many conservative states in the southern United States have faced electoral reforms that have been decided or planned.

Civil rights groups have accused the reforms of complicating access to ballot boxes for minorities, which is seen as more favorable to Democrats, while strengthening local authorities’ grip on voting activities.

To counter them, Democrats want to adopt two pieces of legislation that integrate the conditions for exercising the right to vote in the United States. But they are coming up with a Senate law that requires sixty votes out of a hundred, where the president’s majority is only fifty, thanks to the decisive vote of Vice President Kamala, who may sometimes raise the scales in favor of it.

Since it seems impossible to recruit an elected Republican – the Conservative Party, rejecting the reform and succumbing to the baseless arguments of Donald Trump and the massive fraud in the last presidential election in 2020 – the Democrats must overcome this. – Called the “Philbuster” Rule.