Trump uses El-Sayed's calls to nix filibuster to pressure Senate Republicans
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Comments: by Julia Manchester - 08/06/26 5:02 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Julia Manchester - 08/06/26 5:02 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING President Trump on Thursday used Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s calls to abolish the filibuster to pressure Senate Republicans to nix the legislative procedure themselves.
“For our Great Republican Senators, friends of mine ‘all,’ please be advised that the Communist Dumocrat Senate Candidate from Michigan, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, is touting, as perhaps his single most important point, the Termination of the Filibuster,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
Trump warned that if El-Sayed “succeeds” at convincing Democrats to terminate the filibuster, Democrats “would gain four senators, eight congressmen, many electoral and popular votes, a stacked Supreme Court with 23 Justices” and that he would be the last Republican president.
The comments are the latest in Trump’s push to get Senate Republicans to nix the filibuster in an effort to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act in a simple majority vote.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has said repeatedly that Republicans in the Senate do not have enough votes to pass the legislation, and he has ruled out abolishing the filibuster.
Trump’s remarks come after El-Sayed narrowly won his party’s Senate nomination in Michigan on Tuesday. The president has launched a number of attacks on the progressive Democrat and argued that his primary win is a “victory” for Republicans.
“The polls were wrong again last night when they said it would be a landslide victory for a hater of Jews and a hater of Israel,” Trump said at a campaign-style event in Las Vegas on Wednesday, later adding that El-Sayed is “full of s‑‑‑.”
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