As shown in a letter shared with the Washington Examiner, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) has called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Friday to invoke the “nuclear option” and abolish the filibuster.

House Speaker Mike Johnson distanced himself from demands to get rid of the filibuster, warning it could backfire if Democrats took back Senate control.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board warned Republicans that following President Donald Trump’s calls to end the Senate filibuster would be “dumb.” Since the start of the government shutdown, 79-year-old Trump has posted multiple times on Truth Social using all caps to call for the “NUCLEAR OPTION”—his term for ending the filibuster to break the impasse.

President Trump's Truth Social demands to end the filibuster are just a hint of his coming rampage if Senate Republicans hold out against him, advisers tell Axios. Why it matters: Most Senate Republicans have no interest in nuking the filibuster.

After his recent remarks about resuming nuclear testing, President Trump told "60 Minutes" "we're the only country that doesn't test."