Liberal dark money-led coalition cranks up pressure on Manchin, Democrats to nuke filibuster

A dark money led-coalition of more than 100 liberal groups is ramping up calls for Democrats to nuke the 60-vote Senate threshold following the blockade of a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

  "We have moved past hypotheticals and entered a perilous new moment for our democracy," reads the letter, first obtained by NBC News. "Senate Republicans' decision to block legislation establishing a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6th insurrection is a shameful abdication of their duties to our country. As Senator Joe Manchin said, 'So disheartening. It makes you really concerned about our country.'"  "That Republicans could not even support a bipartisan investigation into a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol reflects dangerously misplaced priorities: they have chosen party over country, obstruction over progress, and Trump over democracy. In the face of Republicans’ inability and unwillingness to defend our democracy, it is clearer than ever that the filibuster needs to be eliminated."