Catma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoTrump calls on Republicans to use ‘nuclear option’ and get rid of Senate filibusterthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down12
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minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up47arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoIt’s 2028. Somehow there were elections, Trump was voted out, and Democrats have full control. “As a show of good faith, our first act will be to re-establish the filibuster.”
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoAlternatively: Republicans: “New rule: you can only get rid of filibuster for 3 years, after that it automatically comes back” Democrats: “Sounds reasonable…”
It’s 2028. Somehow there were elections, Trump was voted out, and Democrats have full control.
“As a show of good faith, our first act will be to re-establish the filibuster.”
Alternatively:
Republicans: “New rule: you can only get rid of filibuster for 3 years, after that it automatically comes back”
Democrats: “Sounds reasonable…”
Ewwwww