{"id":1209427,"date":"2022-01-11T20:35:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T01:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1209427"},"modified":"2022-01-11T20:35:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T01:35:11","slug":"mcconnell-warns-dems-would-regret-abolishing-filibuster-nuclear-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-warns-dems-would-regret-abolishing-filibuster-nuclear-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell Warns Dems Would Regret Abolishing Filibuster: \u2018Nuclear Winter\u2019"},"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%2Fmcconnell-warns-dems-would-regret-abolishing-filibuster-nuclear-winter%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=1209427&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>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats that eliminating the filibuster in order to ram through progressive legislation would not benefit Democrats in the long term.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans are using the filibuster to block a pair of Democratic election reform bills currently stalled in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QSKT9EPkTC0\">Speaking on the floor of the Senate<\/a> Tuesday, McConnell made clear that if the filibuster were amended or abolished, the Senate would bog down into a legislative \u201cnuclear winter\u201d where very little would actually get done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate Democratic leader is trying to bully his own members into breaking their word, breaking the Senate, and silencing the voices of millions of citizens, so that one political party can take over our nation\u2019s elections from the top down,\u201d McConnell said of Schumer\u2019s efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/schumer-vows-vote-on-changing-senate-rules-if-gop-continues-to-block-efforts\">break the Senate filibuster.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McConnell continued, invoking the memory of the January 6th Capitol riot and describing how the Senate reconvened and went about its business after the riot was over.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to excoriate Schumer and President Joe Biden for using \u201cfake hysteria\u201d and \u201cJim Crow\u201d rhetoric to assail voting reforms like the ones passed in Georgia, which are less restrictive than election laws in states like New York and Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell also pointed out that abolishing the legislative filibuster would shake the foundations of the Senate. He quoted late West Virginia Democratic Senator Robert Byrd, who said that \u201cif the filibuster is eliminated or budget reconciliation becomes the norm, a new and dangerous precedent will be set to pass sweeping partisan legislation every time there is a change in political control. Our nation may never see stable governing again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy breaking the Senate, [Schumer] wants to silence the voices of millions and millions of Americans,\u201d McConnell reiterated, adding that Schumer wants to throw vast regions of the country who don\u2019t agree with progressive policies into a \u201cpolitical power outage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell then issued a stark warning to Schumer, saying that if the Majority Leader follows through on silencing the minority\u2019s constituents, \u201cwe will make their voices heard in this chamber in ways that are more inconvenient for the majority and this White House than what anybody has seen in living memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat would a post-nuclear Senate look like?\u201d McConnell asked rhetorically. \u201cI assure you it would not be more efficient or more productive. I personally guarantee it. Do my colleagues understand how many times per day the Senate needs and get unanimous consent for basic housekeeping? Do they understand how many things would require roll-call votes, how often the minority could demand lengthy debate? Our colleagues who are itching for a procedural nuclear winter have not even begun to contemplate how it would look. Our colleagues who are itching to drain every drop of collegiality from this body have not even begun to consider how that would work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Democratic leader tries to shut millions of Americans and entire states out of the business of governing, the operations of this body will change. Oh yes, that much is true. But not in a way that rewards the rule-breakers. Not in ways that advantage this president, this majority, or their party. I guarantee it,\u201d McConnell concluded.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell previously outlined his argument in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mcconnell-hammers-dems-for-using-the-lefts-big-lie-to-push-election-overhaul\">memo to reporters<\/a> Sunday. McConnell hammered \u201cthe left\u2019s Big Lie\u201d that Republican election reforms threatened democracy and the \u201cfake hysteria\u201d used to advance their filibuster vote.<\/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>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats that eliminating the filibuster in order to ram through progressive legislation would not benefit Democrats in the long term. Senate Republicans are using the filibuster to block a pair of Democratic election reform bills currently stalled in the upper chamber. 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