{"id":2508511,"date":"2025-11-09T13:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ending-filibuster-opens-pandoras-box-on-government-weaponization-concha\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T13:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:29:05","slug":"ending-filibuster-opens-pandoras-box-on-government-weaponization-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ending-filibuster-opens-pandoras-box-on-government-weaponization-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Ending filibuster opens &#8216;Pandora&#8217;s box&#8217; on government weaponization: Concha"},"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%2Fending-filibuster-opens-pandoras-box-on-government-weaponization-concha%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=2508511&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dei-disaster-petition-circulating-within-secret-service-community-warns-of-potential-insider-threats\/\" title=\"DEI Crisis: Secret Service Petition Raises Concerns About &#039;Insider Threats\">article discusses concerns raised<\/a> by Washington Examiner&#8217;s Joe Concha regarding former President Donald Trump&#8217;s proposal to eliminate the senate filibuster, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-filibuster-nuke-hands-dems-the-keys-to-remake-america\/\" title=\"...\u2019s ... nuke hands Dems the keys to remake America\">procedural rule requiring 60 votes<\/a> to advance most legislation. Trump argues that republicans should end the filibuster first before Democrats can do so, aiming to block progressive policies. However, Concha warns that removing the filibuster could lead to important government overreach, including the potential for Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico to gain statehood, which would likely add more Democratic senators and secure a long-term majority for the party. This could also lead to an expanded Supreme Court dominated by liberal justices. Concha describes the filibuster as an significant check and balance designed to prevent radical and permanent changes in government. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans lack the votes to overcome the historic government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history, which is severely impacting sectors like air travel during the busy Thanksgiving season. Some moderate Democrats and Republicans are working to resolve the shutdown, but <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >significant bipartisan agreement remains elusive<\/a>.  <\/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\">Ending filibuster opens &lsquo;Pandora&rsquo;s box&rsquo; on government weaponization: Joe Concha<\/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_2395810\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Joe Concha is wary of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3879516\/trump-affordability-con-job-walmart-thanksgiving-basket\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s proposal to end the Senate filibuster, saying Sunday it&rsquo;s there &ldquo;for a reason.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump is calling for Senate Republicans to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3880200\/trump-pitches-nuking-filibuster-to-end-left-wing-momentum\/\">&ldquo;TERMINATE&rdquo; the 60-vote filibuster<\/a> in the Senate, though many of these senators do not share his enthusiasm. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has argued that the votes aren&rsquo;t there for its abolishment, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3878248\/where-every-senate-republican-stands-trump-end-filibuster\/\">only 10 senators are open to changes on the filibuster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3880435\/government-shutdown-40th-day-flights-snap\/\">Shutdown enters 40th day with flights snarled nationwide and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shutdown-hits-day-40-with-flights-and-snap-benefits-disrupted\/\" title=\"Shutdown hits day 40 with flights and SNAP benefits disrupted\">food assistance disrupted<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3880085\/cruz-slams-republican-colleagues-not-denouncing-carlson-fuentes-interview\/\">Cruz slams Republican colleagues for not denouncing Carlson after Fuentes interview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3879817\/government-shutdown-negotiations-stall-democrats-offer\/\">Wheels come off shutdown talks as GOP erupts at Schumer counteroffer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump argued on Friday that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3879598\/republicans-must-nuke-filibuster-now-democrats-will-trump-warns\/\">the Democratic Party will eventually eliminate the filibuster<\/a>, and this is why Republicans must do it first. Concha, however, said this would only greatly aid Democrats if they regain control of the Senate, paving the way for Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico to receive statehood.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That means four Democrat senators being added to that chamber, probably giving them a permanent majority for our lifetime. When you add four just out of nowhere, they&rsquo;ll expand the Supreme Court where it&rsquo;ll look more like a basketball roster than anything else, where you&rsquo;re going to have all these justices from the Left,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends Weekend<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3226134&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=1ad98e6df3a16733bbcaec2c37ff1fc8\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s something that if you open up the Pandora&rsquo;s box, it will be weaponized in a way that opening the government&rsquo;s a good thing, [but] Democrats will use it for things that give them permanent power, and that&rsquo;s something that you just do not want to do. It&rsquo;s there for a reason, it&rsquo;s a check and balance to government radically changing on certain policies and certain structures,&rdquo; Concha said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans are unable to attain the necessary 60 votes needed to end the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3879817\/government-shutdown-negotiations-stall-democrats-offer\/\">government shutdown<\/a>, which just became the longest one in U.S. history. Concha said the country is &ldquo;one plane crash away&rdquo; from this shutdown being &ldquo;deadly,&rdquo; noting how the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3879836\/air-traffic-controllers-warn-flight-cuts-wont-ease-strain-risk-government-shutdown\/\">air traffic industry<\/a> is under incredible stress as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3878421\/democrats-government-shutdown-holiday-air-travel\/\">Thanksgiving travel season<\/a> is approaching.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3880435\/government-shutdown-40th-day-flights-snap\/\"><strong>SHUTDOWN ENTERS 40TH DAY WITH FLIGHTS SNARLED NATIONWIDE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE DISRUPTED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A recent Senate vote to end&nbsp;the shutdown on Friday night <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3879817\/government-shutdown-negotiations-stall-democrats-offer\/\">tallied 53-43<\/a>. Three Democrats crossed the aisle to vote with all Republicans in favor: Sens. Ben Ray Luj&aacute;n (D-NM), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA).<\/p>\n<p>In January 2022, then-Democratic Sens. Kirsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, who later swapped their party affiliation to independent, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3349349\/sinema-hypocrisy-democrats-aoc-khanna-filibuster\/\">both opposed the filibuster getting axed<\/a> during then-President Joe Biden&rsquo;s leadership. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3264037\/kyrsten-sinema-pushes-senate-preserve-filibuster-farewell-speech\/\">Both encouraged the filibuster to remain preserved<\/a> in their exit speeches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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>Ending filibuster risks government weaponization, warns Concha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2508512,"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\/AP25311760158793.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[10130,66754,4762,5894],"class_list":["post-2508511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-filibuster","tag-government-weaponization","tag-legislation","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25311760158793.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508511","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508515,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508511\/revisions\/2508515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2508512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}