‘Immediately Do It’ — President Donald Trump Issues Order, Congress is Scrambling

Trump said Democrats would not hesitate to change the rules for their own advantage if they regained power. “They’ll do it too. They’ll immediately do it,” he warned. “They’re going to make Puerto Rico a state, they’re going to make D.C. a state, they’re going to pack the court, they’re going to end up with more electoral votes, they’re going to end up with four new senators — and they’re going to do this, 100 percent.”

The comments come one day after Trump clashed with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) during a breakfast meeting with Senate Republicans at the White House.

In that meeting, Trump told GOP senators that they risked becoming a “dead party” if they refused to terminate the filibuster. Graham argued that Republicans could still use reconciliation to pass certain legislation with a simple majority, but Trump rejected that view, saying, “Lindsey, you and I both know there’s so much you can’t do with reconciliation.”

Despite Trump’s repeated calls, Thune and several senior Senate Republicans have made clear they will not support eliminating the filibuster.

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