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As the shutdown dragged into a new month, Trump publicly renewed his call for Senate Republicans to scrap the filibuster so they could jam through his preferred endgame. The ask was as revealing as it was reckless: rather than negotiate, he wanted the Senate to torch one of its core checks because his party’s shutdown strategy was collapsing in real time.
Why it matters: Filibuster panic
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As the shutdown dragged into a new month, Trump publicly renewed his call for Senate Republicans to scrap the filibuster so they could jam through his preferred endgame. The ask was as revealing as it was reckless: rather than negotiate, he wanted the Senate to torch one of its core checks because his party’s shutdown strategy was collapsing in real time.
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As the shutdown dragged into a new month, Trump publicly renewed his call for Senate Republicans to scrap the filibuster so they could jam through his preferred endgame. The ask was as revealing as it was reckless: rather than negotiate, he wanted the Senate to torch one of its core checks because his party’s shutdown strategy was collapsing in real time.
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