Senate Rule 19 Used To Silence Sen. Warren Was Originally Created To Protect A Racist SC Senator

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Channel: Roland S. Martin · 2017 · News & Politics

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Senate Rule 19, which Republicans cited in barring Sen. Elizabeth Warren From speaking on the senate floor says no Senator should speak ill of another Senator during debate.

The rule created in 1902 was established to protect Sen. Benjamin Tillman, an unabashed racist and supporter of lynching.

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