President Donald Trump issued a stern demand to Republican lawmakers Tuesday, one that if not met, could result in the GOP facing an electoral catastrophe in the upcoming midterm elections.
“The Democrats are far more likely to win the Midterms, and the next Presidential Election, if we don’t do the Termination of the Filibuster (The Nuclear Option!), because it will be impossible for Republicans to get Common Sense Policies done with these Crazed Democrat Lunatics being able to block everything by withholding their votes,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
“FOR THREE YEARS, NOTHING WILL BE PASSED, AND REPUBLICANS WILL BE BLAMED. Elections, including the Midterms, will be rightfully brutal. If we do terminate the Filibuster, we will get EVERYTHING approved, like no Congress in History.”
Trump has demanded recently that GOP lawmakers to eliminate the filibuster – a procedural rule in the Senate that allows members to block a measure that receives less than 60 votes – as a means to re-open the government, which as of Tuesday has been closed for 35 days, tying the record for the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Republicans, however, have remained hesitant to do so, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who openly defied Trump’s request, though does not hold the authority to eliminate the Senate filibuster regardless.
“TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER NOW, END THE RIDICULOUS SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN, MOST IMPORTANTLY, PASS EVERY WONDERFUL REPUBLICAN POLICY THAT WE HAVE DREAMT OF, FOR YEARS, BUT NEVER GOTTEN,” Trump wrote. “WE WILL BE THE PARTY THAT CANNOT BE BEATEN - THE SMART PARTY!!!”