Don't You Understand That?' Trump Demands Senate GOP Leader End Filibuster So They Can Screw the Democrats'

"To advance most legislation in the Senate, 60 votes are required to invoke cloture, which ends debate. Republicans control the upper chamber 53-47, and currently lack the seven Democratic votes needed to advance a spending bill that would end the shutdown. Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is demanding that Republicans agree to extend healthcare premium subsidies for Obamacare recipients as a condition for receiving the requisite Democratic votes."

"It's now time for the Republicans to play their trump card and go for what's called the nuclear option, the president said in the video. Get rid of the filibuster and get rid of it now. We can make our country so strong, so great, we can do all the things that we wanted to do. Trump went on to claim that the next time Democrats control the Senate, they will do away with the filibuster anyway."

"It was their idea originally, Obama and Harry Reid, in order to screw the Republicans, Trump said, referring to the late Democratic Sen. majority leader, who in 2013 eliminated the filibuster for district and appellate judicial nominees after Republicans blocked a slew of judicial nominees. When Republicans retook the Senate, they nixed the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees. And now we can turn it around and we can screw the Democrats and make our country so strong, Trump continued."

President Donald Trump demanded that Senate Republicans end the filibuster to break the ongoing government shutdown. He commended Sen. John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson but urged Thune to eliminate the filibuster immediately. To advance most Senate legislation, 60 votes are required to invoke cloture; Republicans hold 53 seats and lack seven Democratic votes to pass a spending bill. Sen. Chuck Schumer is demanding extension of healthcare premium subsidies as a condition for Democratic votes, which Republicans have refused. Trump called for the "nuclear option" and cited past judicial-rule changes as justification for ending the filibuster now.

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