The "Green Bay Sweep"--One Year Later

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(01-25-2022, 01:07 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I see this point being made all of the time and I have to wonder where it came from.  The last time the GOP held Congress and the Executive branch I don't recall the topic of ending the filibuster ever coming up.  I've never heard a prominent GOP member calling for the end of the filibuster.  Ending the filibuster entirely is solely a Dem position.  Now, I'm not saying I'm omniscient and that it's not possible some GOP member has advocated for this.  But what I can say with 100% certainty is that it's not a party wide issue and wasn't during the entirety of Trump's presidency.


I really do wonder where this idea that the GOP ending the filibuster is a fait accompli came from.  I see no grounding in reality or fact for making this claim.

You're right, there probably is indeed no grounding in reality. I made my assumption because I feel I got to know the GOP a little. And what I feel is different this time around is the possibility of a justification. They can do it and claim it's what all but two democratic senators wanted to do before them and hence the dems were the ones opening this can of worms. It's a popular point to make, like it was when they pushed their SC nominee through with the nuclear option and blamed it on Harry Reid. It's not even a bad argument to make and I just assume it's too good to let pass.

Granted, I also assume they will do it to get some very fishy election shenanigans through, on the behalf of Donald Trump who desires to not be denied his will again like it had happened last time, and I also feel the GOP has moved outside of the democratic spectrum. Something I can not prove and that hopefully might turn out not to be the case still.