Posted on 11/06/2025 12:56:01 PM PST by lowbridge
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., avoided answering whether he would support eliminating the filibuster, as he did under President Joe Biden on Wednesday.
Raskin was asked by CNN’s Dana Bash about President Donald Trump’s recent comments regarding several Republican losses nationwide Tuesday night and the ongoing government shutdown.
“One of the things that he has been talking about for the last couple of days more intensely is getting rid of the filibuster. That’s actually something that you wanted to do when Joe Biden was president. Things weren’t getting through the Senate. So is that an area where you agree with him?” Bash asked.
“Look, we don’t need a procedural fix at this point,” Raskin answered. “We need the Republicans to recognize that there’s a healthcare crisis they’ve imposed on the country. Millions of people are facing the loss of their health insurance because of the skyrocketing premiums under Trump and the end of the ACA tax credits.”
He continued, “We need to restore those credits, and we need to restore millions of people to Medicaid that were thrown off when they passed a trillion-dollar cut to healthcare in America, while they gave a trillion-dollar tax break to the wealthiest people. That’s why we’re seeing a clean Democratic sweep across America.”
“So you wanted the filibuster to be ended when Biden was president, but now no?” Bash interrupted.
“You know, I’m not in the Senate, so I’ve got no say in that, right?” Raskin said.
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Red diaper baby raskin the filibuster is senate you house rats have zero say in the senate, so STFU
Asking for intellectual honesty or consistency from a Democrat is like asking a scorpion to not sting you.
They support whatever gets them what they want.
Ratskin is an angry commie pig.
These people are so transparent.
If Trump was to say he was against cancer, they would come out in favor of it...................
Trump should ask a few DEMwits in Congress each day to end the shutdown and when they refuse, announce their names to let the public know and repeat each day.
Maybe Trump is doing a Jedi mind trick on the Democrats. Publicly he asks for Senate Republicans to change the Senate rules ending the filibuster, while privately he tells them to keep it. The Dems predictably respond by defending the filibuster thus signalling that they are relying on it to keep the government shutdown. They own the shutdown.
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