From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: LOL.. Liberal Thinks Trump's The ONLY Person To Ever Want The Filibuster Dropped
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:51:24 -0600
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:30:21 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom says...
> Note that the Senate has rejected Trump's demand to nuke the
> filibuster.
Ooooooo... yeah... and... like Trump's the first one to ever suggest that AND
GET REJECTED?
Nope.
Not even close, mon FAGAt.
Senator Ted Kennedy(D): Kennedy(D), a longtime advocate for reform, proposed
changes to the filibuster in the 1990s and 2000s.
Thomas Jefferson(D): Jefferson, who was a strong advocate for limited
government, was critical of the filibuster and its potential to obstruct
legislation.
Andrew Johnson(D): In 1868, President Andrew Johnson advocated for the
abolition of the filibuster.
Franklin D. Roosevelt(D): FDR's administration proposed reforms to limit the
filibuster in the 1930s, but they were NOT SUCCESSFUL.
President Harry Truman(D): Truman advocated for filibuster reform in the 1940s
and 1950s.
George Washington(I): Even the first president, George Washington, expressed
concerns about the potential for abuse of the filibuster.
Theodore Roosevelt(R): Roosevelt, who was a proponent of progressive reforms,
criticized the filibuster as a tool for obstructionism.
Senator Hugo Black(D): In the 1950s, Senator Black proposed a constitutional
amendment to abolish the filibuster.
Senator Everett Dirksen(R): Dirksen, a prominent Republican senator, proposed
reforms to the filibuster in the 1960s.
2013: The Nuclear Option: SENATE DEMOCRATS, led by Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D), invoked the "nuclear option" to confirm several judicial nominees, which
involved changing the filibuster rules for Supreme Court and circuit court
nominees.
2017: Republican attempts to reform the filibuster: Senate Republicans, led by
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell(R), considered reforms to the filibuster, but
they were not successful.
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"Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has
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