{"id":2506929,"date":"2025-11-05T08:13:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-warns-republicans-to-end-the-filibuster-or-hand-democrats-future-elections\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:15:09","slug":"trump-warns-republicans-to-end-the-filibuster-or-hand-democrats-future-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-warns-republicans-to-end-the-filibuster-or-hand-democrats-future-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Warns Republicans to End the Filibuster or Hand Democrats Future Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Ftrump-warns-republicans-to-end-the-filibuster-or-hand-democrats-future-elections%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=2506929&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>The article discusses former President Donald Trump&#8217;s strong urging of Senate Republicans to eliminate the Senate filibuster, warning that preserving it could cause severe harm to the Republican Party. Trump argues that the filibuster-a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >senate rule requiring 60 votes<\/a> to end debate on most legislation-allows Democrats to block Republican policies despite GOP majorities, as seen during government shutdowns. Senate Majority Leader John Thune opposes eliminating the filibuster,stating the votes are not there to change the rules.Trump insists that ending the filibuster is essential for Republicans to pass their agenda effectively, including election security, border control, tax and energy cuts, and protecting the Second Amendment. He warns that if Republicans fail to act, Democrats will eventually end the filibuster when back in power, leading to a packed Supreme Court, new states, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-announces-strong-support-for-dc-statehood-bill-says-51st-state-long-overdue\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Announces \u2018Strong Support\u2019 For DC Statehood Bill, Says 51st State \u2018Long Overdue\u2019\">additional democratic senators<\/a>, and more electoral votes. Trump portrays ending the filibuster as a necessary strategy to secure Republican policy wins and avoid electoral losses.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump warned Senate Republicans that they are in danger of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inexcusable-union-blasts-amazon-for-keeping-workers-in-illinois-warehouse-hit-by-tornado\/\" title=\"&#039;Inexcusable:&#039; Union Blasts Amazon for Keeping Workers in Illinois Warehouse Hit by Tornado\">causing catastrophic damage<\/a> to the party if they preserve the Senate filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Most Senate legislation requires 60 votes to pass, because it takes 60 votes to end a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-pushes-senate-gop-end-filibuster-claims-democrats-will-anyway-back-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filibuster<\/a> &mdash; a delaying tactic that can prevent a vote. That&rsquo;s why despite having a Republican majority in the Senate, Democrats were able to send the federal government into shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said in the past that he does not favor eliminating the filibuster, as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/31\/trump-republicans-kill-filibuster-00631221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>, and on Monday said &ldquo;the votes aren&rsquo;t there&rdquo; to alter the Senate rules, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/11\/03\/congress\/the-votes-arent-there-to-kill-filibuster-thune-says-00633840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had called for the elimination of the filibuster in 2018, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/06\/26\/donald-trump-kill-the-filibuster-677151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said ending the filibuster is the only way Republicans can translate their majority into productive legislation.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); 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Elections, including the Midterms, will be rightfully brutal,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said by contrast, if everything is decided on majority votes, &ldquo;we will get EVERYTHING approved, like no Congress in History. We will have FAIR, FREE, and SAFE Elections, No Men in Women&rsquo;s Sports or Transgender for Everybody, Strong Borders, Major Tax and Energy Cuts, and will secure our Second Amendment, which the Democrats will also terminate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-throws-gauntlet-60-minutes-interview-says-wont-end-shutdown-extorted-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMMEDIATELY<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said that Democratic calls for radical legislation that failed in the Biden era will return with a vengeance if Democrats gain control.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we don&rsquo;t do it, they are far more likely to do well in the upcoming Elections, which would mean a PACKED Supreme Court, 2 more States and 4 more Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/senate-nearing-three-legged-deal-end-government-shutdown-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senators<\/a> (D.C. and Puerto Rico), and 8 more Electoral Votes. Remember, Republicans, they are going to end the Filibuster as soon as they get the chance,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump noted that former Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona were the only obstacles in the past when Democrats wanted to end the filibuster so they could ram through government-altering legislation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But they have much less chance of WINNING if we have Great Policy Wins after Wins after Wins. IN FACT, THEY WILL LOSE BIG, AND FOR A VERY LONG TIME. TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER NOW, END THE RIDICULOUS SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN, MOST IMPORTANTLY, PASS EVERY WONDERFUL REPUBLICAN POLICY THAT WE HAVE DREAMT OF, FOR YEARS, BUT NEVER GOTTEN. WE WILL BE THE PARTY THAT CANNOT BE BEATEN &mdash; THE SMART PARTY!!!&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an earlier&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115466450476422202\"><\/a>  post, Trump said ending the filibuster was the simplest way to end the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After noting that Democrats wanted to end the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-shutdown-antics-backfire-now-getting-called-major-airlines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filibuster<\/a> to cause vast damage, Trump noted, &ldquo;Well, now WE are in power, and if we did what we should be doing, it would IMMEDIATELY end this ridiculous, Country destroying &lsquo;SHUT DOWN.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;If the Democrats ever came back into power, which would be made easier for them if the Republicans are not using the Great Strength and Policies made available to us by ending the Filibuster, the Democrats will exercise their rights, and it will be done in the first day they take office, regardless of whether or not we do it,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;In addition to all of the other things we would get, such as the best Judges, the best U.S. Attorneys, the best of everything, this was a concept from years ago of then President Barack Hussein Obama and former Majority Leader Harry Reid in order to take advantage of the Republicans. Now I want to do it in order to take advantage of the Democrats,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump was referring to a 2013 Senate vote when Democrats held the majority that wiped out the 60-vote requirement for most executive branch and judicial nominees, as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-urges-gop-end-shutdown-going-nuclear-senate-filibuster\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Since most Senate bills need 60 votes to pass-because it takes 60 votes to end a filibuster, a tactic used to delay or block legislation-Democrats were able to force a government shutdown despite Republicans holding the majority. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has previously expressed opposition to removing the filibuster and recently stated there aren&#8217;t enough votes to change Senate rules. Trump, who called for ending the filibuster in 2018, argues that doing so is essential for Republicans to effectively use their majority and pass legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump warned that if the filibuster remains, Democrats are more likely to win upcoming elections because they can block Republican policies by withholding votes. He claimed this would result in no progress for three years and blame falling on Republicans. Conversely, if decisions were made by simple majority vote, he said Republicans could quickly enact policies such as election reforms, border security measures, tax cuts, energy initiatives, and Second Amendment protections.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that without ending the filibuster now, Democrats would gain advantages like expanding the Supreme Court and adding new states with Democratic senators if they win future elections. Trump pointed out that Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have been obstacles when Democrats tried eliminating the filibuster before but insisted strong Republican policy wins would reduce Democratic chances of success.<\/p>\n<p>In earlier remarks, Trump described ending the filibuster as an easy way to stop government shutdowns. He acknowledged Democrats initially sought its removal for political gain but argued now it should be used strategically by Republicans while in power. He referenced a 2013 move by then-Democratic leaders Barack Obama and Harry Reid that reduced voting thresholds for certain nominations as precedent.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Trump urged immediate termination of the filibuster so Republicans can advance their agenda without obstruction and become an unbeatable political force<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2506930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-11-04T175619.147.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,6571,10130,3756,3634],"class_list":["post-2506929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-elections","tag-filibuster","tag-republicans","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-11-04T175619.147.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506929","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506929"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506933,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506929\/revisions\/2506933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2506930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}