President Donald Trump warned of the end of the Republican Party Sunday in a frantic social media post after recently learning of a new plan hatched by Democratic lawmakers.
Last month, Politico obtained a resolution drafted by a number of progressive Democratic House members that called for a major overhaul to the Supreme Court, including the implementation of term limits, additional justices and a new code of ethics. The resolution also detailed plans to terminate the filibuster, a Senate rule that effectively requires legislation to receive 60 votes before advancing.
“They do this, and the Republican Party is DEAD!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, sharing a link to Politico’s reporting on the resolution.
The resolution was drafted in response to the Supreme Court’s recent gutting of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a provision that prohibited racially discriminatory voting policy. The decision paved the way for GOP-controlled states to redraw their congressional district maps in a manner more favorable to Republicans, and without having to adhere to as many limits against adopting racially gerrymandered districts.
Trump had previously referenced the resolution on Friday, using it as justification for why Republicans should move to eliminate the filibuster immediately.
“They will TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER in their first hour, and I’ll be sitting home with tears in my eyes saying, ‘I TOLD YOU SO!’” Trump wrote in a social media post on Friday.