House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) publicly broke with President Donald Trump Monday after speaking out against eliminating the filibuster, which Trump has demanded Republicans do in recent days.Trump ordered Republicans “terminate the filibuster” – a procedural rule in the Senate that allows a membe...
Because he knows for a fact that GOP members will defect as soon as a simple majority is possible.
Just like Dems have neoliberals who want to obstruct progressives and make money, Republicans have a significant amount of politicians who want to obstruct MAGA and just make money.
Both those subgroups need the filibuster as an excuse to not do what their voters want, because that isn’t how they make the most money.
Without the fillibuster, republicans would have to do everything MAGA wants. Which would hasten damage ahead of midterms and make them more likely to lose.
Then when Dems get control, they’d have no excuse not to do the shit that works.
The filibuster is the only way the wealthy can keep the shell game going where nothing happens.
trumps just so stupid and never thinks long term, so he doesn’t understand how important it is.
Like, that one dude did a performative speech starting after the Senate closed, but all it takes for a filibuster is someone saying:
Not me, but someone might filibuster this, so let’s not do anything.
And that’s enough to stop a vote.
This isn’t democracy, it’s a coordinated attempt at stopping progress
Just like Dems have neoliberals who want to obstruct progressives and make money, Republicans have a significant amount of politicians who want to obstruct MAGA and just make money.
Both those subgroups need the filibuster as an excuse to not do what their voters want, because that isn’t how they make the most money.
Without the fillibuster, republicans would have to do everything MAGA wants. Which would hasten damage ahead of midterms and make them more likely to lose.
Then when Dems get control, they’d have no excuse not to do the shit that works.
The filibuster is the only way the wealthy can keep the shell game going where nothing happens.
trumps just so stupid and never thinks long term, so he doesn’t understand how important it is.
Like, that one dude did a performative speech starting after the Senate closed, but all it takes for a filibuster is someone saying:
And that’s enough to stop a vote.
This isn’t democracy, it’s a coordinated attempt at stopping progress
Every single person participating in that farce needs to be held fully culpable of sabotaging our society for profit.