Posted on 11/08/2025 11:58:45 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Fox News host Laura Ingraham urged Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and other Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster, lest the GOP “get wiped out” in the next year’s midterm elections.
The federal government has been shut down since Oct. 1, after the Senate could not agree on a bill to keep the government funded beyond September. While the GOP controls the chamber 53-47, 60 votes are necessary to invoke cloture to break filibusters and advance legislation. In exchange for the requisite votes, Democrats are demanding that Republicans agree to extend healthcare premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, which are set to expire at the end of the year. Republicans have refused.
President Donald Trump has demanded that Senate Republicans eliminate the filibuster, which many senators regard as important to protect the Senate’s minority party.
On Friday’s episode of The Ingraham Angle, the host asked Marshall about the prospects for its elimination.
“Senator, Republicans – especially the more establishment Republicans – are very, very wedded to this idea of holding onto the filibuster with a death grip,” Ingraham said before alleging that if Democrats regain power, they will eliminate the rule. “Do you believe, given what this country and our people are facing, that it is time for the Republican Party to ditch the filibuster and start doing things for the American people?”
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1. Change the rules. Eliminate the 60 vote cloture.
2. The next time the Senate is about to flip to the Dems, change the rules to re-instate the 60-vote cloture ... and then change the rules again to require a 60 vote majority to change the rules in the future.
Ah, I see that I was late to your party. Please continue!
If Republicans do not stop election fraud now, Dems will nuke the filibuster after the midterms.”
We wondered how could they elect a guy who wished death of a child in the arms of their mother. Well that scumbag was losing until 8:00 when there was huge mail dump and what do ya know.
Laura’s track record of predictions is pretty crappy
Fetterman will be retired by the time they vote to get rid of the Filibuster. So they'll just need 51 votes, 50 if they take the White House.
A good guess would be by 2030.
The quickest way to turn certain republicans into solid democrats is to eliminate the filibuster. Right now we have a slim lead in both chambers. But some of our members in both are really shaky at best. The dems are solid in their voting block. Not us. If you start doing good things for America with just a majority vote then some flimsy R’s will defect. I hate to say it, but I think it’s true.
Because RINOs are Assistant Democrats.
Yeah, do you see the danger I’m talking about?
Trump voters are not going to vote for RINOs.
Trump was able to replace Tillis. He's going to need to replace more RINOs in the primary for 2026.
AMEN!!!!~ BINGO!!!!! JUst end it for CRs!!! Thune is BEYOND STUPID! HE IS A WEAKLING!
There are other problems with nuking the filibuster. Problems named Collins, Murkowski, McConnell, Paul, et al. There aren't necessary 51 conservative Senate votes to be had on any particular issue.
We'll nuke the filibuster and then expend every last bit of energy arguing over how many inches we need to fellate Israel and then scratch our heads when unrepentant communists get elected in every major US metropolis.
Note to Laura Ingraham: the GOP is going to get wiped out in Congress long term if they give up the filibuster, for the current short term benefit.
Thune should look Schumer in the eye and tell him “this is what is going to happen if you don’t play nice and open the government.”
Getting rid of the filibuster may sound good, but it is really the only thing that distinguishes it from the House. The 17th A wrecked the intended purpose of the Senate, so with $$ flying in from all corners of the globe, the Senate is nothing more than higher-paid reps. If we get rid of the filibuster, the Senate is virtually useless. I could spin the Wheel of Fortune and get a better outcome of judges and department heads.
Cloture is not the permanent elimination of the filibuster, and it has been invoked for many if not most filibusters.
Dems would do it in a minute.
“Even if the gop gets rid of it, you can bet when the democommies get in control again, we’re gonna get bent over with no lube.”
Like they aren’t going to ANYWAY??????
Have you seen the “NEW” Democrat party lately?
WAKE UP OUT THERE. This is our last chance to save our country from what the Democrat party has become.
ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!
REPUBLICANS MUST ATTACK THE DEMOCRATS!
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