President Trump lashed out at Elizabeth MacDonough, the Obama-era Senate Parliamentarian, demanding that Senate Majority Leader John Thune “immediately fire” her and pass the SAVE America Act in the Senate.
“She is known as a Radical Left Lunatic that caters to Democrats, and has no respect for Republicans, or Republican Ideology. Just the other night, as an example, she ruled against us on a proposal that would have easily been approved, and should have been, by anyone else,” Trump said. McDonough ruled last week that the SAVE America Act did not comply with the Byrd rule and struck it from the Senate’s reconciliation bill.
“We have every right to change her, and should do so, IMMEDIATELY. As long as she’s there, we will never get our desperately needed, SAVE AMERICA ACT, approved, and put into full force and effect! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” he added.
The Senate Majority Leader could fire the Parliamentarian at any time. This should have been done on day one of Republicans taking power.
However, per the Hill, Thune responded to Trump, saying, “That’s, I guess, his opinion. But that would create even more vote issues here if we were to try and do something like that.”
Thune has also pushed back on Trump’s previous demands to fire the Parliamentarian.
Trump went off on the Senate Parliamentarian, noting that she was installed by former Senate Leader Harry Reid and Barack Hussein Obama and that she is a “nasty holdover from Mitch McConnell (A man who has proven to be very disloyal to John Thune!).”
McConnell, he added, “decided to keep her because he loved giving Trillions of Dollars to the Democrats, but for the Republicans, including the Wall, where I ended up having to go ‘around him’ to build over 1,000 Miles, and close up our Open Border, he gave NOTHING!”
Full statement below:
Senate Majority Leader John Thune should immediately fire the Parliamentarian, who treats Republicans, and everything that they stand for, horribly! She was put there by then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Barack Hussein Obama, need I say more?
She is a nasty holdover from Mitch McConnell (A man who has proven to be very disloyal to John Thune!), who decided to keep her because he loved giving Trillions of Dollars to the Democrats, but for the Republicans, including the Wall, where I ended up having to go “around him” to build over 1,000 Miles, and close up our Open Border, he gave NOTHING!
She is known as a Radical Left Lunatic that caters to Democrats, and has no respect for Republicans, or Republican Ideology. Just the other night, as an example, she ruled against us on a proposal that would have easily been approved, and should have been, by anyone else.
We have every right to change her, and should do so, IMMEDIATELY. As long as she’s there, we will never get our desperately needed, SAVE AMERICA ACT, approved, and put into full force and effect! President DONALD J. TRUMP
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump also called on Thune to fire McDonough after she struck down key provisions of the reconciliation package passed last week, including main Border Patrol funding, additional Department of Homeland Security appropriations, and Border Security, Technology & Screening.
“We need THE SAVE AMERICA ACT passed, and NOW — And, likewise, kill the Filibuster, which would give us everything! If we don’t pass at least one of these two provisions quickly, you will never see another Republican President again,” he said, demanding that Republicans take action.
Trump Targets Obama-Era Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough in Fiery Truth Social Post
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