Mitch McConnell keeps getting caught telling lies: Being minority leader is less fun

... There's not much dispute because McConnell's claim is flat-out untrue. Historians broadly agree that the filibuster is deeply rooted in the legislative tradition of obstructing civil rights for Black people. According to a study conducted by The Washington Post, of the 30 measures derailed by the filibuster between 1917 and 1994, "exactly half addressed civil rights –– including measures to authorize federal investigation and prosecution of lynching, to ban the imposition of poll taxes and to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race in housing sales and rentals."...

https://www.salon.com/2021/03/25/mitch-mcconnell-keeps-getting-caught-lying-being-minority-leader-is-less-fun/