Eight days after the start of the Schumer Shutdown, Republicans indicated they had not yet given thought to changing the Senate filibuster rules.
We are now entering day 30 of the Schumer Shutdown, and Democrats, while starting to crack under growing pressure, haven't yielded to Republicans and passed a clean Continuing Resolution yet. It does not appear that they plan on doing so anytime soon.
And President Trump is now calling on Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster and end the shutdown.
Trump calls for nuking the filibuster: pic.twitter.com/vOuar8FzgS
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 31, 2025
In a lengthy post on Truth Social, the President recapped his visit to Asia and shared his thoughts on the prolonged Schumer Shutdown. He said while Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson are doing a "great job" the Democrats are "crazed lunatics that have lost all sense of wisdom and reality."
He ended the post by writing, "Because of the fact that the Democrats have gone stone cold crazy, the choice is clear — initiate the ‘nuclear option,’ get rid of the filibuster and make America great again!"
President Trump urges GOP leaders to take unprecedented step of eliminating Senate filibuster to unilaterally end the government shutdown. https://t.co/KqoEUBG66G
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 31, 2025
The directive — which came after Trump returned from several days abroad — is likely to upend efforts on Capitol Hill to bring an end to the weekslong funding impasse. And it immediately ratcheted up the pressure on Republican leaders, who have adamantly opposed eliminating the 60-vote threshold for passing legislation as a way to end the shutdown.
Top GOP lawmakers have long argued for keeping that threshold in place, asserting that the filibuster benefits Republicans — and will serve as a key safeguard against Democrats passing transformative legislation the next time they’re in power.
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Conservatives and Republicans are warning that the move is exactly what the Democrats want, knowing full well they could use it against Republicans in the future when they have a narrow majority in the Senate.
Under the leadership of Harry Reid, Democrats changed some filibuster rules concerning some judicial nominees in 2013. Just four years later, Republicans used those new rules against Democrats and applied the rules to Supreme Court nominees as well.
Trump calls for the GOP to go nuclear. Eight days ago, @RichardPorterIL argued in @RCPolitics why that would be a mistake. Read it. https://t.co/vY0mdGBHZ1 pic.twitter.com/QGxqr5DviL
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) October 31, 2025
This rule change seems to have encouraged Democrats to go for broke with this shutdown strategy: By simply refusing to participate in the normal legislative process, ostensibly holding out for things popular among their base, and then gaslighting the American people about their machinations, the Democratic minority is egging the Republican majority into eliminating the filibuster for them.
Congressional Republicans are already starting to sniff at the bait. Wednesday, the Hill carried a story that the Senate GOP is starting to discuss “filibuster reform” and Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman is encouraging Republicans to do so.
The consequences of nuking the filibuster would be dire, and could've cost President Trump the election.
Trump called to end the filibuster during his first term.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) October 31, 2025
Had Republicans listened, Democrats would have passed their crazy elections takeover under Biden and there would be nothing left.
This is bait. Democrats want Republicans to end it for them. Don’t be dumb.
The Democrats are dragging their feet on the Schumer Shutdown to make this happen.
Hey the whole reason the Dems are continuing to shutdown is because they are daring the GOP to nuke to filibuster so they can use this later.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 31, 2025
Mike Johnson, John Thune : yeah we know that's exactly what they are doing, We're not falling for that we're not going to do that.…
Others see this as a chance to end the Schumer Shutdown and show leadership.
Thank you Pres Trump!
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) October 31, 2025
This is what I called for from the very beginning.
Since Democrats REFUSE to fund the government, Senate Republicans need to use the nuclear option and override the filibuster!!
Enough of the drama.
Stop forcing people to suffer and LEAD the country!! pic.twitter.com/VY23NglLyi
First, such stunning success, Mr. President!
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) October 31, 2025
Second, the Senate GOP should consider either suspending or eliminating the filibuster for routine budget bills. The Democrats have created another destructive precedent that needs to be addressed. https://t.co/eeq4RY7r8i
The Senate is currently not in session but will reconvene on Monday, November 3. Will Leader Thune consider nuking the filibuster to end the Schumer Shutdown? Time will tell.
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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