Today’s notice: Republican Senate primaries are now a battle over who hates the filibuster most. Who is and who isn’t toeing the White House line on Epstein. “Cant-idates,” a word we just learned and can’t stop saying. And: Rushing from surgery for a House vote.
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Fili-bustin’ out? “I stand with President Trump - TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!” Rep. Buddy Carter, currently running for the Republican Senate nomination in Georgia, wrote on X early this month.
This is shaping up to be the new litmus test for most of MAGA in Senate primaries, NOTUS’ Reese Gorman reports. A growing number of candidates say they’re open to ending the filibuster or greatly modifying it, including very serious ones like Michael Whatley, Donald Trump’s handpicked RNC chair and nomination favorite in North Carolina.
Another “not your father’s Republican Party” moment? Trump really wants this. “He hates the filibuster,” a senior official from the president’s first administration told Jasmine recently — and candidates are rallying to his cause.