Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD), who was recently elected as the next Republican Senate leader, slammed Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) this week for admitting that she would get rid of the filibuster if Democrats controlled the White House and Congress but not if Republicans had control.
“Am I championing getting rid of the filibuster now when the Senate has the trifecta? No,” said Jayapal, the chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, during a press conference on Monday.
“But had we had the trifecta, I would have been, because we have to show that government can deliver,” Jayapal added.
Thune noted in a speech on the Senate floor that Jayapal said the quiet part out loud: “In other words, one rule for Democrats, and one rule for everybody else. Democrats should be able to do whatever they want; Republicans, not so much.”
He said that the filibuster must be…
