This comes after years of the party's calls for its abolition to advance Democratic agenda items.
According to Fox News, Sinema's comments were in response to a report by the Washington Examiner, which highlighted Democratic senators now advocating for the Senate filibuster to obstruct President-elect Trump's second administration agenda. "Please, please, please stop what you’re doing and read these quotes," Sinema urged, adding, "Filing under: schadenfreude."
Sinema, along with Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, another independent who left the Democratic Party, were the two erstwhile Democrats who stood against the elimination of the filibuster during the Biden administration. This was when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, attempted to abolish it in 2022. However, his efforts were thwarted due to the lack of support from Sinema and Manchin, given the Democrats' razor-thin majority.
Both independent senators have decided not to seek re-election and will depart from the Senate in January. In a conversation with the New York Post in August, Schumer stated that Sinema and Manchin are "both gone" in 2025, when asked about his plans to make another attempt to eliminate the filibuster.
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Following the election, Schumer appealed to Republicans to prioritize bipartisanship. "I offer a word of caution in good faith: Take care not to misread the will of the people, and do not abandon the need for bipartisanship," Schumer advised.
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Earlier this month, Sinema responded to Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington, who expressed her opposition to eliminating the filibuster now that the GOP will control the House, Senate, and White House. However, she would have supported it if Democrats had the trifecta. "You don't say?" Sinema retorted on social media.
The Washington Examiner's report quoted several Senate Democrats, including Senators Dick Durbin of Illinois, Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Chris Murphy of Connecticut, and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut. All expressed their support for maintaining the filibuster to halt Trump-backed legislation.
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"I'd be lying if I said we'd be in a better position without the filibuster," Blumenthal confessed. "We have a responsibility to stop autocratic and long-headed abuse of power or policy, and we’ll use whatever tools we have available. We're not going to fight this battle with one hand tied behind our back."
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Durbin views the filibuster as "part of the calculation" on how Democrats will resist Republican bills in the next Congress, where the GOP will hold a 53-47 majority in the Upper Chamber. "We had to live with it when we were in the majority," he acknowledged.
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Schatz, who previously criticized the "unprecedented abuse of the filibuster by Republicans" during the Obama administration, stated: "I'm going to try not to make a mess of my position on this one."
Murphy, who criticized the filibuster in 2021 as "downright dangerous," a "slap in the face to majoritarianism" and an "argument that essentially prioritizes consistency over democracy," said, "You play with the rules that exist," adding that he is open to changes but not to "obliterate" the filibuster.
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Incoming Senate GOP Leader John Thune of South Dakota recently assured that the filibuster will be "safe under Republican control," even if it blocks Trump's agenda. "I find it ironic that a party that has spent a fair amount of time this election cycle talking about the importance of preserving our democracy seems intent on embracing the thoroughly undemocratic notion that only one party should be making decisions in this country," Thune observed. This statement underscores the ongoing tension between the two major parties and their differing views on the filibuster's role in shaping the nation's political landscape.
