President Donald Trump unleashed a panicked warning to Republicans Saturday as he tried to pressure them into scrapping the filibuster.
"The Democrats are winning!' he gasped in a Truth Social post.
"The Democrats are winning in that they are destroying our great, miracle economy, which is exactly what they set out to do. TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!"
Trump has become increasingly frustrated as multiple calls to scrap the Senate filibuster — a procedural rule that allows members to block a measure that receives less than 60 votes — have fallen on deaf ears.
He wants it scrapped as he blames Democrats' blocking of a Republican budget for a government shutdown that's now in its second month.
But key Republicans — among them House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate leader John Thune (R-SC) — have openly defied Trump on his demand, warning that it would allow for Democrats to pursue their “worst impulses” should they retake the majority in Congress.