Trump Writes Head-Scratching Post About Democrats Cracking Like Dogs' As He Pushes Nuclear Option'

"The Democrats are cracking like dogs on the Shutdown because they are deathly afraid that I am making progress with the Republicans on TERMINATING THE FILIBUSTER! Trump wrote. Whether we make a Deal or not, THE REPUBLICANS MUST BLOW UP THE FILIBUSTER, AND APPROVE HUNDREDS OF LONG SOUGHT, BUT NEVER GOTTEN, POLICY WINS LIKE, AS JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE, VOTER ID (IDENTIFICATION). Only a LOSER would not agree to doing this!"

"Trump has repeatedly urged Senate Republicans to unilaterally reopen the government by killing the filibuster, insisting in public and private that the so-called nuclear move is the simplest way to resolve the crisis and put him back on offense following one of the toughest weeks of his second term."

"I know Democrats are sitting around loving it because Democrats have been the one trying to do this forever, Buck said, continuing: Republicans have been warning for a long time and John Thune has said they're not going to do it you get rid of the filibuster, you are opening yourself up to all kinds of expansion of government. Whenever the next time Democrats are in charge, they're going to do all kinds of things like Medicare for all that Republicans have always been against. It is not a conservative position. It's not anything they should want to do. And it's certainly not worth doing to fund the government for a few weeks, which is what he's proposing."

President Donald Trump pressed Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster to force policy victories, citing voter ID as an example and labeling opponents 'losers.' The push framed Democrats as weakening over the government shutdown and presented the filibuster's removal as the quickest route to reopen government. CNN noted repeated private and public appeals for the so-called nuclear option to regain momentum after a difficult week. Conservative commentator Brendan Buck warned that ending the filibuster would enable expansive Democratic agendas like Medicare for All when they next control government and argued Republicans should resist that risk.

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