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Fleischer predicts Democrats will nix filibuster for gun control
The Hill ^ | 03/24/21 01:21 PM EDT | BY CELINE CASTRONUOVO

Posted on 03/25/2021 3:14:37 PM PDT by RandFan

Fox News contributor and former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer on Wednesday predicted that Senate Democrats will move to nix the Senate filibuster on gun reform legislation after multiple deadly mass shootings.

During an interview on Fox’s “America’s Newsroom,” Fleischer, who served under former President George W. Bush’s administration, said that gun control is one of the issues at the “core” of the Democratic Party.

“I think this is going to be an issue that breaks the Senate,” he said. “It is so deep and fervent inside the Democratic Party that gun control is the answer.”

Fleischer went on to predict that Senate Democrats will “break the filibuster over this,” adding, “I don’t think they have any choice.”

“The base demands it, they demand action, they say thoughts and prayers are not enough,” he continued. “They’re going to try to get through whatever they can get through on 50 votes, and this will be the issue that they challenge the filibuster over.”

Co-host Bill Hemmer pointed out opposition to nixing the filibuster among moderate Democrats, particularly Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who told CNN on Tuesday that he would still advocate against it even if removing the rule would allow the passage of his bipartisan bill with Republican Sen. Pat Toomey (Pa.), which requires background checks on armed sales at gun shows and over the internet.

The bill goes short of mandating background checks in private transfers of firearms, which the broader House gun reform bills have included.

However, Fleischer said, “Manchin also said he would only support a bipartisan COVID bill, and of course, there was a partisan COVID bill and he supported it.”

“Manchin is always an open question,” he added. “I’m not sure I would take him at his word, particularly when the pressure mounts on the core issue that defines the modern day Democratic Party.”

Fleischer’s remarks come amid growing support among Democrats to eliminate the 60-vote filibuster needed to end debate on legislation. Ending the practice would return the Senate to a “talking filibuster,” in which senators need to physically be on the floor to block legislation

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has pledged to put forth a series of bills on the floor, which will likely force Democrats to take a position on removing the filibuster in order to move forward their desired policy proposals in the face of Republican opposition.

President Biden on Tuesday called on Congress to enact meaningful gun control legislation, including a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as closing loopholes in background checks for firearms.

Biden’s call for further reforms included a demand that the Senate “immediately pass” two bills approved by the House earlier this year that would expand background checks on gun sales, and Schumer has vowed to take action on the legislation.

Other lawmakers have signaled that they would support removing the filibuster in order to move forward a range of other legislative reforms.

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) on Wednesday suggested he would support changing Senate rules should Republicans block voting rights legislation.

"All-out opposition to reasonable voting rights protections cannot be enabled by the filibuster; if forced to choose between a Senate rule and democracy itself, I know where I will come down," King wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arifleischer; banglist; filibuster; insurrection; rino; senate; voterfraud
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To: tallyhoe

But isn’t that what the ‘nuclear option’ could potentially be for, ending debate on legislation? Or am I wrong about that? I thought it allows a simple majority to change senate rules, like temporarily doing away with the filibuster. Reid used it once for Obama appointments and Mitch used it to end debate on the Garland confirmation a few years later.

FReegards


81 posted on 03/27/2021 6:22:18 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: FlipWilson

Maricopa will be fixed.


82 posted on 03/27/2021 7:33:44 AM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: RandFan

Gun owners in America number >10x the top 10 standing Armies in the world combined.

Who will knock on doors?


83 posted on 03/27/2021 7:52:29 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Trans Undocumented. Anti Woke Supremacist. Covid Abortionist.)
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To: lakeman

“Nuke ‘em ‘til they glow” - Swallowswell


84 posted on 03/27/2021 7:54:16 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Trans Undocumented. Anti Woke Supremacist. Covid Abortionist.)
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To: Flick Lives

That would be quite bloody.

Sure hope THEY don’t start a civil war that way.


85 posted on 03/27/2021 7:55:42 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Trans Undocumented. Anti Woke Supremacist. Covid Abortionist.)
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To: lakeman

You read my mind!


86 posted on 03/27/2021 9:27:27 AM PDT by rhubarbk
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To: italianquaker

Manchin is no better, nor worse, than the RINOs.


87 posted on 03/27/2021 9:29:28 AM PDT by rhubarbk
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To: Mariner

They have enough for both. Jan 6 scared the GOP enough that they do not want an armed populace.


88 posted on 03/27/2021 9:37:44 AM PDT by redgolum (If this culture today is civilization, I will be the barbarian)
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To: Mr Rogers

Dominion has entered the forum.


89 posted on 03/27/2021 9:59:24 AM PDT by Phillyred
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To: RandFan

We need to quit calling DC a swamp. A swamp is a place with an amazing ecosystem. We need to call DC a sewer. A place that is a full of rats and disgusting smelly bacteria.


90 posted on 03/27/2021 10:17:17 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath.~ Sherlock Holmes )
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To: redgolum

Jan 6 was just a small warm up. If we ever get REALLY pissed they will know it. And regret it.


91 posted on 03/27/2021 11:43:50 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: RandFan

92 posted on 03/27/2021 12:10:58 PM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: rhubarbk

No doubt but people think he has a backbone lol


93 posted on 03/27/2021 2:59:48 PM PDT by italianquaker
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To: RandFan

They have finally crossed the line and their life expectancy is short.


94 posted on 03/27/2021 4:39:48 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues th the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: RandFan
"Fox News contributor and former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer on Wednesday predicted that Senate Democrats will move to nix the Senate filibuster on gun reform legislation after multiple deadly mass shootings."

Sure, now let me tell you about these monkeys......

95 posted on 03/27/2021 5:37:52 PM PDT by unread (A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
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To: Dr. Franklin

That’s my guess - the Democrats won’t need to get Manchin to vote against his re-election chances, they can get GOP traitors to fill in for him.


96 posted on 03/28/2021 1:56:55 AM PDT by proud_dad_of_two (Formerly MikefromOhio (I couldn't remember my password and lost the email account too!))
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To: RandFan

I hate to say this over and over...but elections have consequences.


97 posted on 03/29/2021 3:46:17 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: RandFan

The start of CWII. The commie @$$holes want a fight, bring it. We owe it to every military person who died for America.


98 posted on 03/30/2021 2:23:34 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: RandFan

Once Pedo Joe and his commie hos attack the Bill of Rights, the Game Changer kicks in and Americans are obligated to fight against the fascist bastards to defend our rights.


99 posted on 03/30/2021 2:27:29 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Leftists seem to think all the hundreds of thousands of our military who sacrificed their lives to protect our freedoms should be for naught, all because of some crazed individuals who caused some mass shootings of several hundreds or a thousand people in total.

Yes the sacrifice of any American is tragic, but not enough ever to start taking away our rights. We need to sacrifice the rights of those who cause the shootings not law abiding Americans. That should be the red line.

Without the 2A we the people have nothing except to become pawns ready to be sacrificed on the altar of leftist fascism.


100 posted on 04/01/2021 10:04:31 AM PDT by apoliticalone (SOCIAL JUSTICE is as much about justice as PATRIOT ACT is about patriotism. It''s called political )
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