The Democrat-led shutdown is nearing two weeks, and there's no end in sight. Despite a clear path to reopening the government, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his cohorts have chosen to filibuster a bipartisan clean constituting resolution that has been on the table since day one.
And while they claim to be standing up for the little guy by pushing for an extension of temporary COVID-era Obamacare subsidies, there's a more insidious game afoot. Take a look at the following posts. What do you notice about them?
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Keep in mind that Democrats have long proclaimed the filibuster to be a racist relic of the Jim Crow era. I guess that makes Schumer a racist, given he's using it while falsely suggesting others are blocking the government from reopening. The long game is obvious, though. Democrats are using the filibuster to try to force Republicans to discard it because once it's gone, it's never coming back.
Nothing is ever forever in American politics, at least to this point in history. Democrats believe they can regain total power by 2028 by retaking the Senate, the House, and the White House. For all I know, they might be right. Just when you think a party is on the ropes, things can shift rapidly based on a variety of factors, and it'd be naive to suggest a Democrat resurgence is an impossibility or even improbable.
With that as the hope, they want the filibuster gone so they can go crazy the moment they retake the reins. "Election reform" that essentially legalizes non-citizens voting? A national "right to abortion" and "gender-affirming care?" Massive new welfare programs? Internet censorship laws? Gun bans? That would all happen within the first few weeks with the filibuster gone.
What Democrats don't want to do, though, is actually end the filibuster themselves, and their goading isn't even subtle. They know it would be an absolute boon if Republicans did it for them over something as mundane as passing a clean CR, and we are already seeing the mainstream press push in that direction as well. Senate Majority Leader John Thune was recently asked about the prospect.
That is the right position. I know some Republicans disagree because they've convinced themselves that going evermore nuclear is the only path to success, but unintended consequences exist. We know that because Democrats have repeatedly experienced them over the last two decades, whether it be nuking the filibuster for Supreme Court appointments or trying to prosecute now-President Donald Trump. Short-term gains rarely outweigh long-term pains in politics.
The other argument is that Democrats will blow up the filibuster the next time they are in power anyway. I'm not so sure. Because the fundamental makeup of the Senate favors Republicans, Democrats will likely have something far closer to a tie than a multi-seat advantage the next time they garner the majority, and in order to get to that majority, they'd need to win seats in red states. The conditions for lock-step approval to ditch the filibuster are unlikely to be there.
Even today, if Democrats magically held a 51-49 advantage, there's no chance Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) would provide the decisive vote. That is why Democrats are trying so hard to bait Republicans into ending the filibuster for them. Luckily, the GOP seems to recognize what's happening here, and they don't seem too keen to play along.
Editor’s Note: The Schumer Shutdown is here. Rather than put the American people first, Chuck Schumer and the radical Democrats forced a government shutdown for healthcare for illegals. They own this.
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