Trump claims hell be last Republican president if Senate GOP doesnt terminate the filibuster

President Donald Trump has changed his pitch to wary Republicans who are hesitant to undo a decades-old safeguard in the Senate: if they do nothing, he may be the last Republican president.Trump has long demanded that Republicans nuke the filibuster, which has blocked key parts of his agenda, to pass the SAVE America Act.He has warned that Democrats would eliminate the firewall themselves if they regain power, allowing them to push through their most partisan priorities.Now, he’s warning that if Republicans don’t pull the trigger, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico will become states and elect only Democrats to Congress, likely foiling the chances of a future Republican winning the White House.“If Senate Republicans don’t TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, the Dumocrats will, and I will be, despite how well our Party is doing, the last Republican President,” Trump said on Truth Social.“The Democrats will vote in Puerto Rico (4% Republican Vote), and Washington, D.C.

(3% Republican Vote), pick up 4 Senators, 8 Congressmen/women, tremendous numbers of Popular and Electoral College Votes and, importantly, control the Voting Mechanisms and Systems, both Legal and otherwise, throughout the United States,” he continued.“It will be impossible for Republicans to ever win an Election again.In other words, it will be THE END OF AMERICA! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”Voters in Washington, D.C., which carries three electoral votes, can vote in both presidential primaries and in the general election thanks to the 23rd Amendment.

Those contests tend to heavily skew in favor of Democratic candidates.Voters in Puerto Rico can also participate in presidential primaries, but not federal elections.And given that neither is a state, they don’t have true representation in Congress — Puerto Rico and Washington have non-voting delegates in the House, and the district has a shadow senator in the upper chamber.Democrats have shown a desire to make both states, ...