{"id":1186953,"date":"2022-01-04T12:05:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T17:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186953"},"modified":"2022-01-04T12:05:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T17:05:40","slug":"a-threat-to-our-republic-gop-senator-blasts-schumers-plan-to-change-senate-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-threat-to-our-republic-gop-senator-blasts-schumers-plan-to-change-senate-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Threat To Our Republic\u2019: GOP Senator Blasts Schumer\u2019s Plan To Change Senate Rules"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fa-threat-to-our-republic-gop-senator-blasts-schumers-plan-to-change-senate-rules%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=1186953&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>Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford on Monday blasted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2019s (D-NY) plan to change the chamber\u2019s rules, arguing the effort is \u201ca threat to our Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\u201cSchumer\u2019s threat to change the rules of the Senate unless he gets his way is not just a temper tantrum; it is a threat to our Republic. For over two centuries, the Senate is the one place in our government where minority opinions have a voice, unless Senator Schumer gets his way,\u201d Lankford said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankford.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/lankford-responds-to-schumers-senate-rules-threat-\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\u201cIn 2017, 32 Senate Democrats signed a letter saying that the filibuster should not change\u201427 of those Democrats are still in the Senate. Now that they are in power, they want to do whatever it takes to pass their progressive legislative agenda by changing the historic rules of our Republic,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Lankford also addressed what he called the \u201cabsurd\u201d claim by Democrats that Republicans do not want fair elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\u201cIt is absurd to claim that Republicans do not want free and fair elections. We all want fair elections,\u201d the senator wrote.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It is absurd to claim that Republicans do not want free and fair elections. We all want fair elections. Dems want to federalize our elections over the states &amp; local authorities in blue and red states.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorLankford\/status\/1478382434546765833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead, Lankford noted that it is Democrats who want to federalize elections to extend \u201coverreach\u201d that benefits keeping them in power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\u201cDemocrats want to federalize our elections over the states and local authorities in blue and red states. Their absurd overreach only benefits keeping them in power and is not what\u2019s in the best interest of Americans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Their absurd overreach only benefits keeping them in power &amp; is not what\u2019s in the best interest of Americans.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QWVLN7G6v1\">https:\/\/t.co\/QWVLN7G6v1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorLankford\/status\/1478382537764388870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schumer vowed on Monday that he will push a vote on changing the Senate rules by January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, if Republicans continue to oppose his party\u2019s voting rights bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Republicans continue to block our efforts, The Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy: Free and fair elections,\u201d Schumer tweeted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If Republicans continue to block our efforts,<\/p>\n<p>The Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy:<\/p>\n<p>Free and fair elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1478046352852627461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/schumer-vows-vote-on-changing-senate-rules-if-gop-continues-to-block-efforts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Schumer also sent a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/Dear%20Colleague%201.3.22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>&nbsp;on Monday to the members of the Senate Democratic Caucus regarding the issue.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe fight for the ballot is as old as the Republic. Over the coming weeks, the Senate will once again consider how to perfect this union and confront the historic challenges facing our democracy,\u201d Schumer wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe hope our Republican colleagues change course and work with us. But if they do not, the Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy: free and fair elections,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Make no mistake: This week, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenateDems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenateDems<\/a> will make clear what happened on January 6th is directly linked to the one-sided, partisan actions being taken by GOP-led state legislatures across the country. We can and must take strong action to stop this anti-democratic march. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tLkpfObZAS\">pic.twitter.com\/tLkpfObZAS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1478030819327418368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/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>Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford on Monday blasted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2019s (D-NY) plan to change the chamber\u2019s rules, arguing the effort is \u201ca threat to our Republic.\u201d \u201cSchumer\u2019s threat to change the rules of the Senate unless he gets his way is not just a temper tantrum; it is a threat to our &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1186953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1186953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1186953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1186953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}