{"id":2506974,"date":"2025-11-05T10:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-begs-gop-senators-to-ditch-filibuster-following-elections\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T10:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:13:37","slug":"trump-begs-gop-senators-to-ditch-filibuster-following-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-begs-gop-senators-to-ditch-filibuster-following-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump begs GOP senators to ditch filibuster following 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\">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%2Ftrump-begs-gop-senators-to-ditch-filibuster-following-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=2506974&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>Former President Donald Trump acknowledged the Republican Party had a poor showing in the recent 2025 elections and urged GOP senators to move forward by abolishing the Senate filibuster. He emphasized the need to end the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-members-wont-take-pay-during-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Congress members won&#039;t take pay during government shutdown\">ongoing government shutdown<\/a>, the longest in U.S. history, through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-suggest-moving-forward-on-ccp-virus-relief-bill-without-minimum-wage-hike\/\" title=\"... ... Suggest Moving Forward on CCP Virus Relief Bill Without Minimum Wage Hike\">simple majority votes<\/a>.Trump attributed some of the Republicans&#8217; losses to the shutdown&#8217;s negative impact and noted that his absence from the ballot also influenced the results. He argued that eliminating the filibuster would enable Republicans to pass nationwide voter ID laws and prevent Democrats from expanding the Supreme Court or granting statehood to Washington,D.C., and puerto Rico. Despite his appeals, Trump recognized that opposition within Republican leadership and members likely means the filibuster will remain intact, though he warned abandoning his proposal would be a mistake.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&nbsp;concedes GOP had bad election night, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >demands senators turn page<\/a>, nuke filibuster and end shutdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2392294\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3874246\/trump-says-usda-snap-payments-wont-restart-until-shutdown-ends\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> beseeched Republican Senators to end the filibuster Wednesday, hot on the heels of significant losses in Tuesday night&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/3875585\/voters-send-trump-course-correction-message\/\">2025 elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has spent the last week-plus pressuring Republicans to abolish the filibuster to end the ongoing government shutdown, now the longest in American history, through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-introduces-amendments-to-counter-china-and-iran\/\" title=\"Blackburn Introduces Am...ments to Counter China and Iran\">simple majority vote<\/a> in the Senate.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3874772\/government-shutdown-longest-us-history\/\">Government shutdown becomes longest in US history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3875610\/trump-blames-republicans-2025-losses-on-him-not-being-on-ballot\/\">Trump blames Republicans&#8217; 2025 losses on him not being on ballot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3875371\/trump-jared-isaacman-nasa-administrator-nomination-despite-withdrawal\/\">Trump nominates Jared Isaacman as NASA chief months after withdrawal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3873138\/trump-tariffs-case-latest-supreme-court-look-at-presidential-powers\/\">president<\/a> opened his remarks by conceding that, though Democrats were expected to win the major races on Tuesday, the results were not &ldquo;good for Republicans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure it was good for anybody. But we had an interesting evening, and we learned a lot, and we&rsquo;re going to talk about that,&rdquo; he told the room. <\/p>\n<p>Trump, citing unnamed pollsters, claimed that &ldquo;the shutdown was a bigger factor, negative, for the Republicans, and that was a big factor&rdquo; before adding, &ldquo;they say that I wasn&rsquo;t on the ballot was the biggest factor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t know about that, but I was honored that they said that,&rdquo; the president continued before telling the gathered group of lawmakers that it was &ldquo;time&rdquo; to end the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s comments about not being on the ballot may be an early warning sign that Republicans could struggle in the midterms and beyond. Trump will not be on the ballot ever again.<\/p>\n<p>Trump suggested that axing the filibuster would allow Republicans to pass nationwide voter ID laws, and warned that if Democrats retake power and abolish the rule themselves, they would pack the Supreme Court and make Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico the 51st and 52nd states.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They pick up two states, they pick up four senators. Okay, you think you have problems. They&rsquo;re going to do all of the things. They&rsquo;re going to pick up electoral votes. It&rsquo;s going to be a very, very bad situation, and it&rsquo;s done as soon as they attain power,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;Now if we do what I&rsquo;m saying, they&rsquo;ll never &mdash; they&rsquo;ll most likely never attain power because we will have passed every single thing that you can imagine that it&rsquo;s good and all good for the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, given <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3870856\/republicans-quick-to-burst-trumps-filibuster-trial-balloon\/\">opposition<\/a> to his proposal from both Republican leadership and rank-and-file lawmakers, Trump conceded that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3866161\/biden-labor-rule-gop-midterm-elections-boost\/\">Senate<\/a> would probably not go for his pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s possible you&rsquo;re not going to do that, and I&rsquo;m going to go by your wishes. You&rsquo;re very smart people. We&rsquo;re good friends, but I think it&rsquo;s a tremendous mistake. Really, it would be a tragic mistake,&rdquo; he warned.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3874246\/trump-says-usda-snap-payments-wont-restart-until-shutdown-ends\/\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS NO CONTINGENCY SNAP PAYMENTS &mdash;&nbsp;WHITE HOUSE DOES DAMAGE CONTROL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Trump&rsquo;s remarks in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Bo8bMllxsDg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Delivers Remarks at Breakfast with Republican Senators\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bo8bMllxsDg?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump urges GOP to move on, end filibuster, and stop shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2506975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25309494786866.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6571,10130,6203,3634],"class_list":["post-2506974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-elections","tag-filibuster","tag-gop","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25309494786866.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506974","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506974"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506978,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506974\/revisions\/2506978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2506975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}