Schumer is now pleading for bi-partisanship that has promised to derail the Democratic agenda

As Republicans swept the red trifecta in last week’s election, they dramatically captured the White House and key officials in the House and Senate, Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is cutting a different tone, compared to his pre-election rant in which he predicted a Democrat victory. in the Senate and he may be able to remove the filibuster, among other radical proposals.

Abolishing the filibuster rule — which requires 60 votes to pass bills — would make it easier for Democrats to push their agenda and use any Republican opposition.

Schumer and the Democrats tried to kill the filibuster in 2022 when they had 50 votes – the vice president could have broken the tie – but Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema refused to go along with the Democratic Party. They eventually became Independent.

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With Manchin and Sinema leaving the Senate, Schumer hoped to have at least 50 Senate seats after this year’s election when former Vice President Walz broke the deal with a filibuster vote.

“We got to 48, but, of course, Sinema and Manchin voted no; that’s why we can’t change the rules. However, they’re both gone,” Schumer told reporters Tuesday during Democratic Alliance week. meeting, according to NBC News.

“Ruben Gallego is yours, and we have 51. So, even with the loss of Manchin, we still have 50.”

The result would have meant one-party rule in the Senate, with Schumer toying with expanding voting rights nationwide by passing the Voting Freedom Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Improvement Act.

He also discussed possible legislative changes to incorporate abortion rights into federal law, a priority for the party after that Roe v. Wade it was overturned, which would have faced strong Republican opposition and lacked a path to 60 Senate votes.

Schumer also proposed reforming the Supreme Court by striking the 18-year age limit for judges and proposed reversing the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling, which ruled that presidents are immune from prosecution for other “lawful acts.”

Earlier he announced his intention to remove the law that will expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 members.

But this week, he took to the Senate floor to tell Republicans to go easy on his legislative colleagues on the other side of the aisle, as Republicans will have a 53 to 47 majority.

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President-elect Trump at the Palm Beach Convention Center on Nov. 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida, who won the election. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“To my fellow Republicans, I give an honest warning,” Schumer said.

“Be careful not to misread the will of the people, and don’t dismiss the need for cooperation. After winning the election, the temptation may be to overreach. We’ve seen that happen over the decades, and it’s been consistent. He pushed back the ruling party.”

“Therefore, instead of exaggerating, I remind my colleagues that this body works best when we work together. If we want the next four years in the Senate to be as successful as the last four, the only way it will happen is through bipartisan cooperation.”

Schumer’s face is not lost on Byron York, the Washington Examiner’s chief political reporter and Fox News contributor.

Schumer previously announced his intention to repeal legislation that would expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 members. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

“The short version of that is: Please don’t do to us what we would do to you,” York wrote in the Washington Examiner.

“Obviously Schumer is worried that Republicans might adopt a plan to end the filibuster and pass all kinds of conservative legislation without involving the Democratic Alliance at all. That wouldn’t be a split!”

“Fortunately for Schumer, Republicans have been more principled than Democrats when it comes to the legislative filibuster, and the filibuster in general. Republicans realize that even though they will have a majority for the next two years, they may be back in the minority at any time after that.

York writes that “Schumer’s brand of hypocrisy is enormous” as he advocated for partisan Senate rule changes to eliminate a minority group’s ability to seek a higher rate of approval of controversial legislation, instead of pushing for passage of a specific bill. line.

“He was. And then, when Schumer’s party loses, he quickly turns into Mr. Bipartisanship. Because of that, there has to be a name that goes beyond hypocrisy.”

Senate Majority Whip John Thune, RS.D., will replace Schumer as Majority Leader and plans to make launching the President-elect’s immigration agenda the first thing on his to-do list when he wins. He did not indicate that he intended to vote for the filibuster legislation.

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He said that fixing the economy is also very close to his list. With key elements of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by Trump expiring in 2025, Thune said Republicans will move through the budget reconciliation process to renew them.

The trifecta will make Trump’s agenda easier to follow without opposition from the Democratic majority. Republicans held the governing trifecta from 2017 to 2019. The GOP achieved much of its agenda, including comprehensive tax reform and justice reform to achieve a conservative majority on the Supreme Court.

But Thune said he will defend the filibuster rule, even if it stands in the way of Trump’s agenda, which he hopes will advance.

Fox News’ Jamie Joseph, Julia Johnson and Tyler Olson contributed to this report.