The Same Senate That Won’t Repeal The Filibuster?

 Seymour Hersh has news!

In the near term, I have been told that the Republicans will not give up on keeping control of the Senate, even if the initial returns go against them,” Hersh wrote in a report published Tuesday on his Substack.

“Close elections will be challenged, and there are enough committed election deniers in place in enough states to pose election challenges that would force a delay in the seating of the new Senate on January 3, 2027, as mandated by the Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution.”

As such, Hersh warned that newly elected Democratic senators could have the certification of their victories delayed, and “would not be allowed to join the new Senate,” putting the new Congress in "unpleasant waters.”

“This mess would eventually fall into the hands of Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the respected Republican Senate majority leader who would be the one to decide when to bring an election dispute to the floor of the Senate for an up-or-down vote,” Hersh wrote.

It’s the same fantasy Mike Luttig is floating about the House. But this has a bit more credibility because 2/3rds of the Senate is already seated.

But the mechanics are a bit dicey. If “election deniers” do challenge Talarico or El Sayed, the matter will have to go to court to have any teeth. Will 2/3rds of the Senate vote to disallow a Senator being seated because the Texas GOP is squawking? Then what keeps Dems from doing the same thing in 2 years? Or in January, in the case of GOP victors? Aside from the fact that the Senate is almost evenly split now. I haven’t run the numbers, but does the GOP dominate the 2/3rds not up for election? Or do the Democrats? And if the newly elected Democrats are finally seated, what revenge do they take on the Republicans?  MAGA was that stupid. The Tea Party was that stupid. The Freedom Caucus was that stupid.

In the House. Never in the Senate. And where are they now?

I don’t see Thune having the votes to play this game. Especially not if he’s already worried about what Democrats would do in the majority in a Senate with no filibuster.

And what does any of this have to do with lowering the price of gas and groceries? The White House still doesn’t care about that, but it’s a sure bet the House and at least 1/3rd of the Senate, do.