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Republicans: Restore The Speaking Filibuster Or Destroy It Entirely

The current system, which is meant to protect against mindless populism, is broken, for it will allow Progressives to destroy the Constitutional system.

Arthur Schaper | March 16, 2026

Late last year, the US Senate Democrat minority launched a quixotic 40 day shutdown, showing the true colors of their “America-Last, power for Progressive Communists first” ideology. They were willing to sacrifice all the business of the country just to stop the enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws. The calls in response to these retaliatory efforts were loud and swift, demanding that the US Senator GOP Majority kill the filibuster for everything and just run all the good legislation through to President Trump’s desk.

At that time, I shared grave trepidations about nuking the filibuster. Do we want to open up a can of worms that will never squiggle back? Is this country prepared for an aggressive expansion of little-d democracy, with all its mob-like implications? Former US Senator Kyrsten Sinema explained her resistance to ending the filibuster with one simple quip: “As soon as we go out of power, the Republicans can undo everything we put in place with a simple majority.”

The Democrats could do the same to Republicans, too.

Or could they? Perhaps we should risk that possibility and take advantage of much richer opportunities. Imagine Republican US Senators (real MAGA Republicans, mind you) with a set of votes shutting down the Department of Education, Commerce, Labor, Interior, and Housing and Urban Development. Imagine the full repeal of Obamacare! Imagine national firearms reciprocity, all signed into law by President Trump.

With the current electoral map, Democrats are in no position to take back the upper chamber. If Republicans keep their major promises and pass election integrity reforms, they can hold on to this majority for the long term. Why give the anti-constitutional........

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