{"id":1196854,"date":"2022-01-07T12:19:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1196854"},"modified":"2022-01-07T12:19:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:19:38","slug":"sen-thune-democrat-push-to-remove-filibuster-exposes-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-thune-democrat-push-to-remove-filibuster-exposes-hypocrisy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Thune: Democrat push to remove filibuster exposes hypocrisy"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fsen-thune-democrat-push-to-remove-filibuster-exposes-hypocrisy%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=1196854&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--><div id=\"attachment_2629268\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2629268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 7, 2021. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:23 AM PT \u2013 Friday, January 7, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said hypocrisy on the left is on full display as they push to cancel the filibuster. He slammed Democrats for opposing its elimination when Republicans were in control of Congress, but pushing for it now.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, the senator from South Dakota pointed out Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) previously said killing the filibuster would be a mistake.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 2005, Democrat Chuck Schumer said eliminating the filibuster would \u201cbe a doomsday for Democracy.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SInO8p9bSd\">pic.twitter.com\/SInO8p9bSd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1478099050452992005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Schumer is now calling to eliminate the filibuster to jam through the so-called voting rights bill by a simple majority. Republican senators have said the Democrat-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/1\">H.R.1 bill<\/a> would federalize U.S. elections and enable universal mail-in ballots, ballot harvesting and other practices.<\/p>\n<p>Thune said Democrats want to change the rules to get their way. He warned rewriting the rules of the Senate would have dire consequences.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019ll be a doomsday for democracy.\u201d That\u2019s how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenSchumer<\/a> described eliminating the Senate filibuster when the shoe was on the other foot. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JPCUUnHBf1\">pic.twitter.com\/JPCUUnHBf1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator John Thune (@SenJohnThune) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJohnThune\/status\/1478505770622898180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thune suggested Democrats should end the political games and get back to working with Republicans on issues that are relevant to Americans.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-davis-jan-6-committee-is-a-political-circus\/\">Rep. Davis: Jan. 6 Committee Is A \u2018Political Circus\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 7, 2021. 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