McConnell warns Trump to back off on killing filibuster
US Senate,Mitch McConnell,Filibuster Reform,Filibuster,Politics
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After engineering a nearly year-long Supreme Court blockade, Mitch McConnell now wants Democrats to swallow President Donald Trump’s high court nominee hook, line and sinker.
And a day after Trump urged McConnell to kill the filibuster if Democrats mount a sustained resistance to his high court pick, McConnell had this to say to the new president: That's not your call.
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