President Donald Trumpon Saturday morning tweeted his frustration with the Senate’s filibuster rule and the upper chamber’s inability to pass legislation that has already made its way through the House of Representatives.
In the tweetstorm, the President called on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to end the 60 vote threshold to end debate, telling McConnell to “get smart” and calling the filibuster “a joke.”
“Republican Senate must get rid of 60 vote NOW!” the President said, adding the filibuster “allows 8 Dems to control country.”
Republican Senate must get rid of 60 vote NOW! It is killing the R Party, allows 8 Dems to control country. 200 Bills sit in Senate. A JOKE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)July 29, 2017
The very outdated filibuster rule must go. Budget reconciliation is killing R’s in Senate. Mitch M, go to 51 Votes NOW and WIN. IT’S TIME!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)July 29, 2017
The President continued, “Republicans in the Senate will NEVER win if they don’t go to a 51 vote majority NOW. They look like fools and are just wasting time.”
Republicans in the Senate will NEVER win if they don’t go to a 51 vote majority NOW. They look like fools and are just wasting time……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)July 29, 2017
….8 Dems totally control the U.S. Senate. Many great Republican bills will never pass, like Kate’s Law and complete Healthcare. Get smart!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)July 29, 2017
“If the Senate Democrats ever got the chance, they would switch to a 51 majority vote in first minute,” Trump asserted.
If the Senate Democrats ever got the chance, they would switch to a 51 majority vote in first minute. They are laughing at R’s. MAKE CHANGE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)July 29, 2017
Last time Democrats controlled the Senate, then Majority Leader Harry Reid waived the filibuster rule on presidential nominations, allowing former President Barack Obama to appoint several federal judges the old rules would have blocked. McConnell waived the filibuster further, extending it to Supreme Court nominees in confirming Judge Neil Gorsuch in April, but has been reluctant to waive the filibuster for legislation.
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