Trump Rages Against Senate GOP for Allowing Obama-Appointed Senate Parliamentarian to ‘Stay in Power and Brutalize Us’ › American Greatness
Debra Heine
President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded that Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough be fired, arguing that over the years, her rulings have been “brutal” to Republicans.
The parliamentarian serves at the pleasure of the Senate Majority Leader, who can instruct the Senate Secretary to dismiss the official at any time.
Trump expressed frustration in a post on Truth Social that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has refused to take this step, raging that the “Dumocrats cheat, lie, and steal, especially when it comes to Votes in Elections, but stick together, whereas the Republicans allow the Elizabeth MacDonoughs of the World to stay in power, and brutalize us.”
MacDonough ruled over the weekend that a plan drafted by Republican lawmakers to provide $1 billion in funding for the White House ballroom could not be included in a budget reconciliation bill because it violated the “Byrd Rule,” which says non-budgetary items cannot pass with a simple majority.
However, the bill’s funding was reportedly directed to the Secret Service for “security adjustments and upgrades” like bulletproofing, drone detection and bunkers related to the new ballroom.
The bill specifically banned using the money for non-security elements, but Democrats and the parliamentarian nixed it anyway.
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