Hollywood celebrities are creating a social media swarm in an effort to help Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) end the filibuster. They are also waging a shame campaign against moderate Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ), who have broken ranks by so far refusing to back the left-wing effort.
Stars including Alyssa Milano, Debra Messing, Ken Jeong, and Paul Bettany are urging their followers to pressure the Senate into ending the filibuster, thereby paving the way for Democrats to ram through their far-left agenda, including packing the Supreme Court and passing anti-gun legislation.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has argued the filibuster is necessary to provide a counterweight against radical bills. The purpose of the filibuster is to “block bad ideas from becoming law and to encourage bipartisan solutions. This design also stabilizes national policy from swinging with every shift of the political winds,” he wrote in a recent USA Today op-ed.
Hollywood stars have taken their knives out for Sens. Manchin and Sinema, saying the two Democrats need to be held “accountable” for refusing to march in lock-step with other party members.
Alyssa Milano tweeted that ending the filibuster “has never been more important than it is right now.”
Ending the filibuster has never been more important than it is right now. Find out why in this episode with Adam Jentleson. #EndTheFilibuster https://t.co/KdwHYgGEMc
— Sorry Not Sorry (@sorrynotsorry) March 24, 2021
A slew of celebrities are amplifying rhetoric from the left-wing Collective Impact organization that is backing a “grassroots” campaign against Manchin and Sinema. Master and Commander, The Da Vinci Code, and Dogville actor Paul Bettany was among the first stars to promote the fundraiser, making his own video in which he backed the campaign against the two Democrats.
America elected a blue Congress, but Mitch McConnell is holding necessary legislation hostage.
It's past time to #EndTheFilibuster.
Donate to hold Manchin and Sinema accountable: https://t.co/NxeUHkmIK7 pic.twitter.com/H6PHml0z0x
— Paul Bettany (@Paul_Bettany) March 24, 2021
Other stars who jumped on the bandwagon include The Masked Singer host Ken Jeong, The West Wing‘s Bradley Whitford, The Office‘s Oscar Nunez, Hamilton‘s Philippa Soo, and perennial Trump antagonists Rosie O’Donnell and Kathy Griffin.
Others backing the initiative include Rosanna Arquette, Michael Kelly, Piper Perabo, Clark Gregg, and Conan sidekick Andy Richter.
It's past time to #EndTheFilibuster.
Donate to hold Manchin and Sinema accountable: https://t.co/7GlLHh1BxAhttps://t.co/3Qe7EpZEsN
— Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) March 24, 2021
Mitch McConnell knows his party lost the election, so he’s forcing the Senate to bend to his will. Manchin & Sinema are letting him.
It's past time to #EndTheFilibuster.
Donate to hold them accountable: https://t.co/N1wG8JHf7Hhttps://t.co/LPExXx4W6k
— (((Bradley Whitford))) (@BradleyWhitford) March 24, 2021
Know their names: Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are two DEMOCRATIC Senators who still want to uphold the filibuster.
It's past time to #EndTheFilibuster.
Donate to hold them accountable: https://t.co/bo8i2qacFkhttps://t.co/5EUnstuuUL
— Oscar Nunez (@OscarNunezLA) March 24, 2021
Now that we have the Senate, we have the chance to pass urgent, necessary legislation. There’s just two Senators standing in the way.
It's past time to #EndTheFilibuster.
Donate to hold them accountable: https://t.co/iwHbEyOtaEhttps://t.co/IXPptXASGv
— Phillipa Soo (@Phillipasoo) March 24, 2021
It's past time to #EndTheFilibuster.
Donate to hold Manchin and Sinema accountable: https://t.co/EuTHoeSObhhttps://t.co/SwVi1DfQHb
— Michael Kelly (@michaeljkellyjr) March 24, 2021
It's past time to #EndTheFilibuster.
Donate to hold Manchin and Sinema accountable: https://t.co/yN4TaUCoVfhttps://t.co/x2iHn6ehjN
— ROSIE (@Rosie) March 25, 2021
It's past time to #EndTheFilibuster.
Donate to hold Manchin and Sinema accountable: https://t.co/8a8YCaONmIhttps://t.co/hYC39mdzIj
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) March 25, 2021
It's past time to #EndTheFilibuster.
Donate to hold Manchin and Sinema accountable: https://t.co/wZN0Q9vbgkhttps://t.co/tCQKYfEc65
— ✌🏼rosanna arquette (@RoArquette) March 25, 2021
Now is the time to really get stuff done for the good of the country. It’s time to give average people a better future. It's past time to #EndTheFilibuster.
Donate to hold Manchin and Sinema accountable: https://t.co/dlCpDnlNMchttps://t.co/ZEYXwyq2ea
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) March 24, 2021
The filibuster is a relic of Jim Crow that’s still being used to prevent meaningful common sense gun laws. #EndTheFilibuster.
Donate to hold Manchin and Sinema accountable: https://t.co/AvGmQn3zJEhttps://t.co/taZQkXknUd
— Clark Gregg (@clarkgregg) March 25, 2021
Debra Messing called the filibuster an “old relic tool for obstruction.”
Free, Fair, Equally Accessible Voting
OR
Leave the old relic tool for obstruction — the #Filibuster— in place.
THAT is the choice before the SENATE DEMOCRATS. https://t.co/2XkuL3qD3K
— Debra Messing✍🏻 (@DebraMessing) March 17, 2021
It's past time to #EndTheFilibuster.
Donate to hold Manchin and Sinema accountable: https://t.co/qF4F2zuQlbhttps://t.co/Mzk4P5yZ5k
— Debra Messing✍🏻 (@DebraMessing) March 24, 2021
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