US President Urges Republicans to Launch ‘Nuclear Option’ Against Filibuster.

President Donald Trump has called on Republicans to exterminate the “Filibuster Rule” to clear a path for the end of the government shutdown.

The Filibuster is a procedural move allowing senators to extend debates on bills indefinitely without the requisite 60 Vote Majority, which has been long viewed as a move to encourage bipartisanship in Congress and as a “bulwark against political dominance” (refers to any person, institution, principle, or mechanism that acts as a strong defence or protective barrier against the concentration and potential abuse of power by a single political entity, a leader, party, or branch of government) by slim majorities in the upper chamber.

Banishing the rule would further empower the already dominant Republicans in Congress.

Trump, in a post on his Truth Social page, said he had been repeatedly asked on his tour of Asia this week about the government shutdown. The one question that kept coming up, however, was how did the Democrats SHUT DOWN the United States of America, and why did the powerful Republicans allow them to do it?

The President added that Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson “are doing a GREAT job but the Democrats are Crazed Lunatics that have lost all sense of WISDOM and REALITY.” The President said, the demands pressed by the Democrats to end the shutdown will hurt American citizens, and the Republicans will not let it happen. “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!” Trump said.

During former President Joe Biden’s term in office, many Democrats called for an end to the Senate’s filibuster rule but Biden opposed scrapping it, saying that he wants to govern in a bipartisan manner and garner the support of Republicans for his legislative priorities.

Trump has also posted: “Just a short while ago, the Democrats, while in power, fought for three years to do this, but were unable to pull it off because of Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. Never have the Democrats fought so hard to do something because they knew the tremendous strength that terminating the Filibuster would give them. Now I want to do it in order to take advantage of the Democrats“.

Senate Republicans have ruled out changing the rules to abolish the filibuster, arguing that it would ultimately benefit Democrats the next time they retake power, but Trump said Republicans should act now to immediately end the shutdown.

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