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Jon Stewart: “The Senate is in many ways affirmative action for…”

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Published | Video Starts at 11:52

See, this is what I like about this is what you present here is, is the theory of the case for power. You even make the case that the filibuster should be abolished. And I generally knowing how The Senate is in many ways affirmative action for Republicans. and just in the way that it's established now, that made me nervous. But the case you make is no, blow it up. Let them do the thing they want to do. (11:52–11:57)

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Asserts that the current structure of the U.S. Senate favors Republicans.

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