With the ongoing government shutdown now entering its second month, President Donald Trump has had enough: He wants Senate Republicans to end the filibuster.
“Majority Leader John Thune, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, are doing a GREAT job, but the Democrats are Crazed Lunatics that have lost all sense of WISDOM and REALITY,” Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday night.
“It is now time for the Republicans to play their ‘TRUMP CARD,’ and go for what is called the Nuclear Option — Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW!” he said.
The 60-vote threshold, applicable to almost all bills in the Senate, allowed Democrats to shut down the government Sept. 30 at midnight by withholding their votes on Republicans’ funding stopgap.
Since then, all but three Democrats have voted

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