"There’s no reason to protect it, other than you’re going to throw the entire Congress into chaos and nothing will get done," he stated. "Nothing at all will get done. There’s a lot at stake. The most important one is the right to vote, that’s the single most important one."
Biden offered his position throughout a CNN presidential town hall after an attendee and moderator Don Lemon pressed him to clarify why he hasn’t called for the filibuster to be abolished.
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Demands among progressives to abolish the filibuster have increased since June when Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the "For The People Act" after Democrats failed to obtain the 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster. Biden is a strong advocate of the bill, claiming it is a vital check on election integrity bills in GOP-led states that the president has likened to "Jim Crow in the 21st Century."
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While he is unwilling to seek an end to the filibuster, Biden explained that "abuse" of the tactic is "pretty overwhelming" in the Senate. The president repeated his opinion that lawmakers have to be required to "hold the floor," or deliver continued comments in the Senate chamber, in order to maintain a filibuster.
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Biden referenced former Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who once conducted a 24-hour filibuster in a failed bid to block the passage of civil rights legislation in 1957.
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"There were significantly fewer filibusters in those days, in the middle of the Civil Rights movement," Biden announced.
In March, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled that Biden risked a "scorched earth" Congress if he supported attempts to end the filibuster.
"I’m trying to bring the country together, and I don’t want the debate to only be about whether or not we have a filibuster or exceptions to the filibuster or going back to the way the filibuster had to be used before," Biden continued.
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Lemon furthermore asked Biden about vaccinations as the nation grapples with decreasing vaccination rates and infections that are growing in some states because of the quickly spreading Delta variant among those without protection against the disease. "We have a pandemic for those who haven't gotten a vaccination. It's that basic, that simple," Biden answered.
Biden said that there are continuing trials on the vaccination of children under 12 years of age, and he explained he thought kids in school will probably be wearing masks in the fall.
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