{"id":1087095,"date":"2021-12-05T16:14:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T21:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1087095"},"modified":"2021-12-05T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T21:14:09","slug":"jim-acosta-seems-to-claim-mitch-mcconnell-would-trash-filibuster-if-he-could-forgets-he-could-have-and-didnt-in-six-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-acosta-seems-to-claim-mitch-mcconnell-would-trash-filibuster-if-he-could-forgets-he-could-have-and-didnt-in-six-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Acosta Seems To Claim Mitch McConnell Would Trash Filibuster If He Could; Forgets He Could Have \u2013 And Didn\u2019t \u2013 In Six Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjim-acosta-seems-to-claim-mitch-mcconnell-would-trash-filibuster-if-he-could-forgets-he-could-have-and-didnt-in-six-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1087095&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CNN weekend anchor Jim Acosta claimed Saturday that Democrats should go ahead and get rid of the filibuster in order to pass their agenda down party lines, arguing that if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had the opportunity, he would do the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats could think about it this way: If Mitch McConnell were in their shoes, what would he do? Given what we know, would we see him letting the filibuster stand? Is the filibuster more important than election rights, women\u2019s rights\u2026\u201d Acosta asked, apparently referencing HR-1 \u2014 the Democrats\u2019 attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/ga-secretary-of-state-says-democrats-are-criticizing-voting-law-in-order-to-take-over-federal-elections\/\">overhaul federal elections<\/a> and wrest them from the state control outlined in the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Acosta: Democrats could think about it this way: If Mitch McConnell were in their shoes, what would he do? Given what we know, would we see him letting the filibuster stand? Is the filibuster more important than election rights, women\u2019s rights\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/90ZwDIoAdT\">pic.twitter.com\/90ZwDIoAdT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1467264465078919168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What Acosta appeared to forget was that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/mcconnell-warns-democrats-what-republicans-will-do-if-democrats-end-filibuster-would-be-childs-play\/\">McConnell<\/a> actually did have the opportunity to get rid of the filibuster as recently as last year \u2014 he was the Senate Majority Leader from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/artandhistory\/history\/common\/briefing\/Majority_Minority_Leaders.htm\">2015-2021<\/a>, and Republicans held the Senate with a larger majority than the 50\/50 plus a vice presidential tie-breaker that Democrats currently hold.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acosta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Acosta<\/a> plays Dem strategist here \u2014 trying to invent an absurd pretext to destroy the Senate \u2014 remember that CNN bills this as straight news, not opinion.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d expect a top political reporter to remember that McConnell was in D\u2019s shoes a YEAR ago, didn\u2019t nuke the filibuster. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EJJbncr1lo\">https:\/\/t.co\/EJJbncr1lo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdizwhitlock\/status\/1467281308363669511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite having the power to end the filibuster \u2014 and rumors that then-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/06\/27\/mitch-mcconnell-filibuster-trump-678817\">President Donald Trump<\/a> would have liked him to do so on several occasions \u2014 McConnell refrained from doing so. Trump reportedly used the same argument on McConnell that Acosta used Saturday, telling him that if he did not end the filibuster, then Senate Minority Leader (and now the Majority Leader) Chuck Schumer (D-NY) certainly would.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Or you could ask yourself this: What *did* Mitch do? Despite tremendous pressure from Trump, McConnell refused to dismantle the legislative filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Which, by the way, is a complete non-sequitur to Supreme Court appointments, as Acosta knows, or *should* know. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V4G0zoe9vk\">https:\/\/t.co\/V4G0zoe9vk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdMorrissey\/status\/1467513559902994432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think the legislative filibuster, which has been around for a long time, is a problem. And it does, I think, generate on many occasions kind of a bipartisan solution, and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s always bad for the country. We do have some pretty big differences about a number of things, but there are a lot of things we do together,\u201d McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/06\/27\/mitch-mcconnell-filibuster-trump-678817\">told Politico in 2018<\/a>. \u201cI think both sides, having been up and down a number of times, understand the advantages when you\u2019re not in the majority. What I remind the president of occasionally when we have this discussion is but for that we would have socialized medicine [and] right-to-work would have been eliminated across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While McConnell was not ready to make unilateral rule changes in the Senate himself, he was willing to use the unilateral changes made by his predecessor, former Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) \u2014 changes that he had warned years earlier would come back to bite Democrats if they pushed them through.<\/p>\n<p>Reid instituted the so-called Nuclear Option \u2014 which allowed for federal judges to be confirmed by a simple majority rather than the typical 60-vote requirement, thus avoiding the filibuster \u2014 in 2013 over McConnell\u2019s objection: \u201cYou\u2019ll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mitch McConnell on NUCLEAR Option - You&#039;ll Regret This\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qduJjDJnQfo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Just three years later, with Republicans at the helm, the use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/nuclear-mcconnell-prepares-new-procedural-tactic-josh-hammer\/\">nuclear option<\/a> allowed Mitch McConnell\u2019s Senate to confirm and seat an unprecedented number of federal judges \u2014 and three Supreme Court Justices: Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN weekend anchor Jim Acosta claimed Saturday that Democrats should go ahead and get rid of the filibuster in order to pass their agenda down party lines, arguing that if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had the opportunity, he would do the same.\u201cDemocrats could think about it this way: If Mitch McConnell were in their shoes, what would he do? Given what we know, would we see him letting the filibuster stand? Is the filibuster more important than election rights, women\u2019s rights\u2026\u201d Acosta asked, apparently referencing HR-1 \u2014 the Democrats\u2019 attempt to overhaul federal elections and wrest them from the state control outlined in the Constitution.Acosta: Democrats could think about it this way: If Mitch McConnell were in their shoes, what would he do? Given what we know, would we see him letting the filibuster stand? Is the filibuster more important than election rights, women\u2019s rights\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/90ZwDIoAdT\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) December 4, 2021What Acosta appeared to forget was that McConnell actually did have the opportunity to get rid of the filibuster as recently as last year \u2014 he was the Senate Majority Leader from 2015-2021, and Republicans held the Senate with a larger majority than the 50\/50 plus a vice presidential tie-breaker that Democrats currently hold.As @Acosta plays Dem strategist here \u2014 trying to invent an absurd pretext to destroy the Senate \u2014 remember that CNN bills this as straight news, not opinion.You\u2019d expect a top political reporter to remember that McConnell was in D\u2019s shoes a YEAR ago, didn\u2019t nuke the filibuster. https:\/\/t.co\/EJJbncr1lo\u2014 Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) December 4, 2021Despite having the power to end the filibuster \u2014 and rumors that then-President Donald Trump would have liked him to do so on several occasions \u2014 McConnell refrained from doing so. Trump reportedly used the same argument on McConnell that Acosta used Saturday, telling him that if he did not end the filibuster, then Senate Minority Leader (and now the Majority Leader) Chuck Schumer (D-NY) certainly would.Or you could ask yourself this: What *did* Mitch do? Despite tremendous pressure from Trump, McConnell refused to dismantle the legislative filibuster.Which, by the way, is a complete non-sequitur to Supreme Court appointments, as Acosta knows, or *should* know. https:\/\/t.co\/V4G0zoe9vk\u2014 Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) December 5, 2021\u201cI don\u2019t think the legislative filibuster, which has been around for a long time, is a problem. And it does, I think, generate on many occasions kind of a bipartisan solution, and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s always bad for the country. We do have some pretty big differences about a number of things, but there are a lot of things we do together,\u201d McConnell told Politico in 2018. \u201cI think both sides, having been up and down a number of times, understand the advantages when you\u2019re not in the majority. What I remind the president of occasionally when we have this discussion is but for that we would have socialized medicine [and] right-to-work would have been eliminated across the country.\u201dWhile McConnell was not ready to make unilateral rule changes in the Senate himself, he was willing to use the unilateral changes made by his predecessor, former Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) \u2014 changes that he had warned years earlier would come back to bite Democrats if they pushed them through.Reid instituted the so-called Nuclear Option \u2014 which allowed for federal judges to be confirmed by a simple majority rather than the typical 60-vote requirement, thus avoiding the filibuster \u2014 in 2013 over McConnell\u2019s objection: \u201cYou\u2019ll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think.\u201d[embedded content]Just three years later, with Republicans at the helm, the use of the nuclear option allowed Mitch McConnell\u2019s Senate to confirm and seat an unprecedented number of federal judges \u2014 and three Supreme Court Justices: Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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