In May and July of 2017, early in his first term, President Donald Trump unleashed flocks of shrieking tweets imploring the Senate to change its filibuster rule for legislative measures. He advocated reducing the number of votes to stop interminable debates from 60 to 51.

One tweet summed-up his frustration: “Republican Senate must get rid of 60 votes NOW! It is killing the R Party, allows 8 Dems to control country. 200 Bills sit in Senate. A JOKE!”

Another tweet was aimed specifically at then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.): “The very dated filibuster rule must go. Budget reconciliation is killing R’s in Senate. Mitch M, go to 51 votes NOW and WIN. IT’S TIME.” McConnell respectfully declined: “It would fundamentally change the way the Senate has worked for a very long tim

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