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Sen. Ron Johnson , R-Wis., warned Sunday that Republicans will be in "big trouble" unless they recognize that the next Democratic trifecta will "nuke" the filibuster to maintain power, insisting his party should employ the nuclear option to override the obstruction keeping the government shut down.

"Every last one of them in the Senate right now has pledged to nuke the filibuster. I can't imagine a Democrat Senate or a Senate candidate not having to pledge that," he said on "Sunday Morning Futures."

"So when they gain power, and that's what we need to prevent… they'll nuke the filibuster to maintain power."

Johnson agreed with President Donald Trump's push for Republicans to go nuclear to override the filibuster, the Se

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