(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump is once again attacking the ‘filibuster’, the Senate rule that requires a 60-vote threshold to pass most laws, and urges Republicans to abolish it with the so-called “nuclear option”. “Democrats have a much better chance of winning the midterm elections and the next presidential elections if we don’t eliminate the filibuster – he wrote on Truth Social – It will be impossible for Republicans to pass common-sense policies, because these ‘crazy Democrats’ will block everything. Nothing will pass for three years, and the blame will be placed on us.”
In the lengthy post – published while voting is underway in New York, California, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maine – the president argues that ending the filibuster would allow Republicans to “immediately pass everything, like no Congress in history.” Among the measures he lists: “fair, free, and secure elections; no men in women’s sports or transgender for all; strong borders; big tax and energy cuts, and the defense of the Second Amendment, which Democrats want to eliminate.”
Trump warns that if the rule is not abolished, Democrats could “pack the Supreme Court, add two new states – Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico – and gain four more senators and eight more electoral votes.” “Remember – he concludes with an appeal to his supporters – Democrats will eliminate the filibuster as soon as they get the chance. End it now, immediately put an end to this ridiculous government shutdown and pass every wonderful Republican policy we’ve dreamed of for years. We will be the party that cannot be defeated, the smart party!”
