Trump’s warnings about a Democratic Congress include some interesting ideas

President Donald Trump has been telling supporters that a Democratic win in November would mean his impeachment, and House Speaker Mike Johnson has predicted that Democratic-run committees would pursue Trump's family, Cabinet, donors and friends. MS NOW notes this comes as investigations or prosecutions have touched several Trump critics, among them James Comey, John Brennan, Letitia James, Adam Schiff and Ilhan Omar. It reads the warnings as evidence that Trump views politics as hardball and expects opponents to behave as he would.

The same logic applies to his claims that Democrats would admit Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico as states, add seats to the Supreme Court and abolish the Senate filibuster. MS NOW says each is far less likely than Trump suggests, though some lawmakers have proposed them. The House passed D.C. statehood bills in 2020 and 2021 and a Puerto Rico status bill in 2022, and Democrats introduced a bill in 2023 to enlarge the court to 13 justices, which never got a vote. Polling on all four ideas is mixed. Any change would need 60 Senate votes, and Trump could veto it.

Summarized by PolitiKool from MS NOW’s reporting. Read the full story at MS NOW →