🧩 BND Motif Index · M1672
Let the majority govern
A supermajority rule in the legislature is said to let the minority block what voters elected the majority to do, so the rule should go and the majority be left to govern; its defenders answer that the rule cuts both ways.
- 3claims filed under it
- 2center shows it came up on
- 4right shows it came up on
⚠️ A story people tell, not a claim that it's true.
A motif is the shape of a story as its tellers tell it, named the way a folklorist names a tale type, so the same story told about other people, by the other side or in another year lands in the same place. Some of the claims below are true, many are false. Arguing against a story is often a story of its own, its answer (Voter fraud is answered by Voter suppression, Lawfare by No one is above the law), and we file it there; where no answer has a motif yet, the arguments against a story sit with its tellings.
🪜 Its family
what it rests on, what rests on it, and the motifs that answer it
🔗 goes with: 🧩 Where bills go to die
🎙️ Who it came up with
the shows we follow where its claims came up (0 left-leaning, 2 center, 4 right-leaning so far), colored by the show's lean; the bar is how many of its claims each one heard
- center
- right-leaning
"Came up on" means one of its claims was heard on the show: told, reported or argued against. We don't yet mark which. Show leans are our own grouping of the shows we transcribe.
🗣️ In so many words
the words that carry it
💬 the tellers' own words: “I believe that the majority has the right to govern in this country.” “I think the majority should be able to govern in this country.” “it prevents majorities from getting anything done.” “the filibuster prevents the ability of even a majority of... being able to get its will accomplished.” “the only way to do these things is to eliminate the filibuster.” “which is why we argued, go ahead and do it now while Trump is in office”
🧶 Its claims
what's been told in this shape, in our words, by who told it: newest first in each; a claim's dots are the shows it came up on, in their lean's color (point at them for their names)
Told on the left 0
claims heard on left-leaning shows, and no right-leaning one
🦗 No claim heard only on the left so far.
Told on the right 2
claims heard on right-leaning shows, and no left-leaning one
- 2026-11-07 “Democrats will eliminate the filibuster and enact radical change if they control the Senate.” 2
- 2026-11-06 “The filibuster is a Jim Crow relic that prevents necessary progress in the country.” 3
Told in the center 1
claims heard only on center or crossover shows
- 2026-11-06 “The filibuster blocks important legislation and prevents majorities from getting anything done.” 2
M1672 · first seen 2026-11-06 · last 2026-11-09 · what this is · how the index works