Victor Davis Hanson Says GOP Has a Good Reason to Keep Filibuster

Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson said Tuesday on Fox Business that Republicans have every incentive to preserve the Senate filibuster.

President Donald Trump urged Republicans to eradicate the filibuster after Senate Democrats used it numerous times to block the House-passed funding bill during the month-long shutdown. Appearing on “Kudlow,” Hanson said the procedural tool has blocked far more progressive priorities than conservative ones the past two decades.

“I don’t think they should get rid of the filibuster. I think if you look at how it was used the last 20 years, it was more likely to stop left-wing agendas in the Senate than it was conservative agendas,” Hanson told Larry Kudlow.

Hanson said the rule remains one of the only effective guardrails against sweeping Democratic proposals should Republicans lose control of the Senate.

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