It was the most predictable decision in Washington D.C. after Senate Republicans took back majority control of the upper chamber.

According to the Washington Examiner, Democrats, now in the minority, are reportedly ready to deploy the Senate filibuster rule to stonewall and hamstring President-elect Donald Trump and the GOP at every turn. 

As most remember, the Democrats in the Senate complained for years of the GOP using the tool to quash liberal agendas, and rallied for ending the rule altogether.

Not anymore. With Republicans in control of the House of Representatives, the White House, and the Senate, Democrats are apparently showing no shame in readying the tool to do whatever they can to make a dent in the GOP legislative agenda.

What's happening?

Senate Democrats are already working overtime to justify their deployment of the filibuster, with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) making an early statement on the situation.

“I’d be lying if I said we’d be in a better position without the filibuster,” Blumenthal said.

He added, “We have a responsibility to stop autocratic and long-headed abuse of power or policy, and we’ll use whatever tools we have available. We’re not going to fight this battle with one hand tied behind our back.”

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) also held nothing back in admitting that his party will use the filibuster in the next session of Congress, with Republicans having a generous 53-47 majority.

He called it "part of the calculation" in stopping whatever the Republicans in the Senate might try to pass. “We had to live with it when we were in the majority," Durbin said.

The Examiner noted:

Senate Democrats under President Joe Biden sought to transform the legislative filibuster, with wide-ranging proposals from eliminating it altogether to creating policy carveouts for issues such as federal voting rights, abortion access, and gun control.

Social media reacts

Users across social media reacted to the Democrats' sudden new outlook on the filibuster after they spent years attempting to end it while they had majority power.

TIMING IS EVERYTHING: The outgoing Senate majority leader is backpedaling on eliminating the filibuster rule, which would have made it easier to pass controversial legislation: https://t.co/RobTps8gqA pic.twitter.com/AMUuEouQDx

— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 17, 2024

"The filibuster is not in the constitution or the original plan for how the Senate was meant to function. It was added later. It can be removed now," one X user replied.

Another X user wrote, "The Democrats have been suspiciously quiet about their desire for the Supreme Court to be expanded and to have the Senate filibuster removed."