Trump says it is time to get rid of US Senate's filibuster custom

[highplainsdem]

Source: Reuters

Republican U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it is time to get rid of the Senate's filibuster custom to bypass a Democratic roadblock during the ongoing government shutdown.

The "filibuster" is the Senate rule that requires 60 of the chamber's 100 members to agree to pass most legislation. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate and a 219-213 majority in the House of Representatives.

"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 wrote on social media.

The partial shutdown was in its 30th day on Thursday with no end in sight.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-it-is-time-get-rid-us-senates-filibuster-custom-2025-10-31/

[pat_k]

1. Sure. Go nuclear. Then Republicans own the felon's hated agenda 100%

They have been hellbent on making Democrats accomplices. (If it were that bad, they could have stopped it.)

[SKKY]

14. I agree 100%. They'll own it, and Democrats can hang it around their necks...

...from here to 2026, and then on to 2028.

[valleyrogue]

2. Yeah, so the Senate fascists can ram through their bullshit.

I do NOT understand how anybody on this forum, for example, can be in favor of abolishing something that provides checks and balances against tyranny.

We would not have any of the programs we have come to rely on if the GOP got to ram through every piece of bullshit legislation by a simple majority.

[pnwmom]

10. We have absolutely no voice in this. So we're looking on the bright side. nt

[Emile]

3. The NRA won't like this.

[Emile]

4. Eliminating the Senate's legislative filibuster would likely provoke strong opposition from anti-abortion groups .

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Removing the filibuster is reconfiguring the Senate into the House.

The House was designed to legislate upon the whims of the populace.

The Senate was designed to be a deliberate body where robust debate and bipartisan compromise were the goals.

[SunSeeker]

20. Mitch ended "bipartisan compromise" years ago. nt

[TomSlick]

6. Senate Republicans should consider that if they eliminate the filibuster,

that change in Senate rules will continue to apply when they no longer have the majority. The Republicans will eventually lose their already razor-thin majority. Change is the only constant.

[fujiyamasan]

7. The filibuster was abused for decades

It was used by southern senators to kill anti lynching bills and civil rights legislation. Ironically now it’s going to be used to turn back the clock for pretty much all of us.

It was bound to get killed at some point and given that the GOP no longer cares for traditions (even those as ridiculous as the filibuster), there’s a good chance they’ll go through with it.

[Deminpenn]

8. Pass the popcorn

Senate Rs do not want to eliminate the legislative fillibuster because then they 100% OWN the consquences of all the bad things that are and will happen once the Senate Rs vote to pass the House;s bill and reopen the government.

When Rs are in the Senate minority, they won't be able to impose the tyranny of the minority to stop progress on making America a better, fairer, more equal country. And they know it.

Mike Johnson said the quiet part out loud, the SNAP benefits are being withheld to "put pressure on Democrats.

[pecosbob]

9. He can't even keep his own party's Senate members from voting to repeal his tariffs.

He's high on Adderall again.

[ancianita]

11. Does Reuters have that right? Did the felon actually say "custom"?

[SunSeeker]

12. Trump must have shredded all the incriminating stuff in the Epstein files. nt

[Bristlecone]

13. No doubt Joe Manchin will pretzel his way into blaming Democrats for this also

In his next book, coming to a dollar store near you.

[Emile]

15. National Universal Healthcare could be a possibility.

[MichMan]

16. Lots of posters here were in agreement last year

[Javaman]

17. tiny johnson is always eager to ask how high he must jump. nt

[lostincalifornia]

18. They do that and the rethugs will own everything, people losing their health insurance, inflation, unemployment, etc.,

and all the issues that most of the MSM have been ignoring, while the working poor and middle class are having trouble making ends meet,

[Gore1FL]

19. Stopped clock being right moment for orange cruelius. nt

[bluestarone]

21. I'm Thinking rethugs will watch this election, then

decide whether to go for it or not. I'm thinking NOT.