Trump begs GOP senators to ditch filibuster following elections
Former President Donald Trump acknowledged the Republican Party had a poor showing in the recent 2025 elections and urged GOP senators to move forward by abolishing the Senate filibuster. He emphasized the need to end the ongoing government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, through simple majority votes.Trump attributed some of the Republicans’ losses to the shutdown’s negative impact and noted that his absence from the ballot also influenced the results. He argued that eliminating the filibuster would enable Republicans to pass nationwide voter ID laws and prevent Democrats from expanding the Supreme Court or granting statehood to Washington,D.C., and puerto Rico. Despite his appeals, Trump recognized that opposition within Republican leadership and members likely means the filibuster will remain intact, though he warned abandoning his proposal would be a mistake.
Trump concedes GOP had bad election night, demands senators turn page, nuke filibuster and end shutdown
President Donald Trump beseeched Republican Senators to end the filibuster Wednesday, hot on the heels of significant losses in Tuesday night’s 2025 elections.
Trump has spent the last week-plus pressuring Republicans to abolish the filibuster to end the ongoing government shutdown, now the longest in American history, through a simple majority vote in the Senate.
The president opened his remarks by conceding that, though Democrats were expected to win the major races on Tuesday, the results were not “good for Republicans.”
“I’m not sure it was good for anybody. But we had an interesting evening, and we learned a lot, and we’re going to talk about that,” he told the room.
Trump, citing unnamed pollsters, claimed that “the shutdown was a bigger factor, negative, for the Republicans, and that was a big factor” before adding, “they say that I wasn’t on the ballot was the biggest factor.”
“But I don’t know about that, but I was honored that they said that,” the president continued before telling the gathered group of lawmakers that it was “time” to end the filibuster.
The president’s comments about not being on the ballot may be an early warning sign that Republicans could struggle in the midterms and beyond. Trump will not be on the ballot ever again.
Trump suggested that axing the filibuster would allow Republicans to pass nationwide voter ID laws, and warned that if Democrats retake power and abolish the rule themselves, they would pack the Supreme Court and make Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico the 51st and 52nd states.
“They pick up two states, they pick up four senators. Okay, you think you have problems. They’re going to do all of the things. They’re going to pick up electoral votes. It’s going to be a very, very bad situation, and it’s done as soon as they attain power,” he continued. “Now if we do what I’m saying, they’ll never — they’ll most likely never attain power because we will have passed every single thing that you can imagine that it’s good and all good for the country.”
Ultimately, given opposition to his proposal from both Republican leadership and rank-and-file lawmakers, Trump conceded that the Senate would probably not go for his pitch.
“It’s possible you’re not going to do that, and I’m going to go by your wishes. You’re very smart people. We’re good friends, but I think it’s a tremendous mistake. Really, it would be a tragic mistake,” he warned.
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