Biden: Are You With Bull Connor Or John Lewis?

Presidents give lots of speeches for lots of reasons, but most of them aren't aimed at their own party alongside the opposing party. Biden's speech today on voting rights, given in Georgia, was aimed at each and every senator opposing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

At one point in the speech, he called out the senators with whom he has had "quiet conversations," saying that he's tired of being quiet and he's calling them to get on the right side of history. He also called for an end to the filibuster, at least with regard to issues concerning voting rights:

President Biden: "Today, I'm making it clear: To protect our democracy, I support changing the Senate rules, whichever way they need to be changed, to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 11, 2022

To emphasize that, he said this:

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