“TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!” he said in another Truth Social post a few minutes later.
In a third post that morning, Trump went on to criticize Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who he claimed would try to make a deal with Republicans to end the partial shutdown “because he thinks that if he doesn’t, Republicans will TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, something which they should do whether he makes a deal or not!!!”
It’s not the first time the President has pushed Republicans to end the filibuster, which gives the minority party the ability to delay or block bills by stretching out debate, effectively resulting in most pieces of legislation needing to reach a 60-vote threshold in order to pass.
In October, Trump encouraged lawmakers in his party to “go for what is called the Nuclear Option—Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW!” which he said would end the full government shutdown that was then occurring. At the time, the shutdown had stretched on for about a month; it went on to become the longest in U.S. history at a total of 43 days.
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