Secretary Scott Bessent: "If Senate Democrats close the government again [on January 30], then Senate Republicans should immediately abrogate the filibuster."
Video transcript
you call for an end to the filibuster in the past leader soon has said that it's just not happening there aren't the votes mr secretary do you believe that you have enough votes that the president has enough votes to get rid of the filibuster we will see come january 30th because that's the point of my editorial is to put the senate on notice that the democrats kept the government shut down and as recline in the new york times took the mask off he said this wasn't about health care this was about stopping totalitarianism the democrats haven't been able to stop president trump in the courts they haven't been able to stop him in the media so they had to harm the american people 1.5 hit the gdp 11 11 billion dollar permanent hit they don't care so i believe that senate democrats if the if senate senate democrats close the government again that senate republicans should immediately they abrogate the filibuster you should you should ask senator kulvachar whether she will adhere to the filibuster and whether she will close the the government.
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