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On Truth Social, Trump blasted Schumer in no uncertain terms:
“Senator Cryin’ Chuck Schumer is demanding over One Billion Dollars in order to approve a small number of our highly qualified nominees, who should right now be helping to run our Country,” the President wrote. “This demand is egregious and unprecedented, and would be embarrassing to the Republican Party if it were accepted. It is political extortion, by any other name. Tell Schumer, who is under tremendous political pressure from within his own party, the Radical Left Lunatics, to GO TO HELL!”
Trump made it clear he wouldn’t tolerate capitulation, telling GOP Senators to enjoy the recess and stand strong:
“Have a great RECESS and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”
While Trump’s judicial picks remain in limbo, Senate Democrats continue to exploit procedural loopholes to stall nominations at a historic pace. At the time of Trump’s statement, just one Article III judge had been confirmed—compared to 26 during the same period under former President Barack Obama.
Frustration is boiling over on the Republican side. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) confirmed Saturday night that GOP leadership is gearing up for a major fight when Congress returns. Mullin revealed that Republicans are preparing a strategy to bulldoze through the logjam created by Schumer’s team.
“We’re wrapping up a long push here. It’s late Saturday night. And the whole fight’s been trying to break this filibuster that Chuck Schumer has insisted. And what it’s all about is President Trump’s nominees, getting them in place,” Mullin said.
According to Mullin, Democrats are playing dirty politics, weaponizing Senate rules not because of policy disagreements, but out of pure hatred for Trump and his agenda. The Oklahoma Senator explained how Schumer tried to wring taxpayer dollars from the White House in exchange for even the most routine confirmations.
“So President Trump started trying to negotiate with Chuck Schumer, trying to say, hey, this is what we’re going to do. ‘We’ll make a deal with you guys. Just let my noms, especially the non-controversial ones.’ I mean, these nominees that no one even knows what they do, but I mean, we know what they do, but the American public doesn’t know what to do. But these non-controversial moms, let them be pushed through. Let them go on and what do you need? What’s the price for it?” Mullin said of the negotiations. “They wanted over a billion dollars, a billion dollars for special pet programs. That’s unheard of. And President Trump told them to go pound sand. He said, we’re not doing it. Go pound sand.”
Now, with Democrats refusing to budge, Republicans are gearing up for the next step—changing Senate rules to ram through confirmations and break Schumer’s chokehold on the judiciary.
“Then the only option we have is a change of Senate rules to break the log jam to move on through. So unfortunately, this is where we’re at,” Mullin stated bluntly.
As Democrats continue to play political games with the courts, the stakes have never been higher. With the balance of the judiciary hanging in the balance, Republicans know that surrender isn’t an option—and President Trump isn’t backing down.
