Trump: GOP 'wasting time' if they don't get rid of filibuster

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 08/23/17 10:11 AM EDT

President Trump on Wednesday called for Senate Republicans to get rid of the legislative filibuster.

"If Republican Senate doesn't get rid of the Filibuster Rule & go to a simple majority, which the Dems would do, they are just wasting time!" Trump tweeted Wednesday.

Link to tweet

It's just the latest example of Trump calling for Senate Republicans to get rid of the filibuster, something that has irritated Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
Last month, Trump specifically called out McConnell and pushed the GOP leader to end the filibuster and move toward passing legislation with a 51-vote majority.

“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!” Trump tweeted last month.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347620-trump-gop-wasting-time-if-they-dont-get-rid-of-filibuster

[louis c]

1. The Repubs Need 50 votes to end filibuster rule

They're lucky to get 40.

[neeksgeek]

2. Wasting time "not destroying democracy fast enough"

[Botany]

3. Does somebody want to tell Trump that the failure of the repeal of the A.C.A. (Obamacare) ....

..... had nothing to to do with the filibuster rule?

[chelsea0011]

12. shhhhhhhhhhhhh. You're killing the message.

[dalton99a]

14. Pretty sure he knows

[Blue Idaho]

4. What he really wants is to get rid of Congress

Never seen a more imperial president in my long life.

[Turbineguy]

5. Better yet....

Why don't they just disband Congress and let Trump run it by himself?

Of course Trump will need a snappy uniform with lots of medals and a Big Hat.

[lark]

17. Nope, his aims are bigger than getting rid of congress.

He also wants to shut down the judiciary. Face it, he wants to be dictator for life and have no restraints on what he gives to Russia or himself. He's already proven to be a fascist, next he and Putin wants all the controls removed and Heil Trump to be the official greeting.

[DetlefK]

6. "Both sides are equally bad."

Things you must believe if you want to be a deplorable:

"The Democrats WOULD be authoritarians if they could."

"The Jews/Blacks/Latinos WOULD wipe us out if they could."

"Trump WOULD keep his campaign-promises but the Deep State and the military-industrial complex have turned him into their puppet."

"Hillary Clinton WOULD be a horrible President if she had won the election."



And after Trump has left office: "Why are you complaining about Trump? Hillary Clinton WOULD HAVE BEEN even worse as a President!"

[bigbrother05]

7. We must honor the nearly 100 year history of Confederate statues

But not the 180 year history of the filibuster? First used in 1837, it predates by more than 20 years the Civil War that is being honored by statues mostly erected from 1910 - 1930.

So do we honor history or is it mere expediency for Trump to pander to his alt-right base?

[Moostache]

10. Don't look for logical consistency from this crowd

Talking and chewing gum is a challenge for them, but logic is considered "elitist" and looked down on.

[bigbrother05]

20. Yep, to them consistency only applies to pudding & grits

[SCVDem]

8. Feeling lucky about 2018?

Well? Are you punk!

[Liberalagogo]

9. There's at least ONE thing they need to get rid of...

And it's NOT the filibuster.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. If the Senate WERE to get rid of the filibuster, effectively and essentially you

will be left with TWO House of Representatives as far as how legislation is passed. The filibuster is there to encourage compromise and to filter out bills that favor a simple majority, which usually promote the goals of that majority.

[MiniMe]

13. The Dems could have gotten rid of it in 2009-20010

In fact. some here were calling for it. But the dems wisely refrained. I don't think Mitch will do it, they will lose the majority at some point.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. The ghost of Bannon deconstruction.

Turtle is paying him no mind. He knows the "problem" is not Democrats but his own 52 Republicans, where they couldn't muster a majority even using a 50-vote threshold (with Pence as a tie-breaker).

[C_U_L8R]

16. Democrats didn't.

We have honor.

[sinkingfeeling]

18. Hey, stupid, try looking at history. The "Dems" have had ample opportunities

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to eliminate the filibuster, but didn't. They controlled the Senate 56 out of the last 100 years.

[Yonnie3]

19. The GOP is "wasting time" every day they leave 45 in office. n/t