Let’s cut through the garbage. The “zombie filibuster” isn’t the problem. Spineless Republicans are the problem.
Conservatives are screaming to abolish this procedural scam—all while 81 House Republicans voted shoulder-to-shoulder with Democrats to shovel $300 million into the National Endowment for Democracy, a leftist NGO that does nothing but waste taxpayer money on pet projects and political grandstanding. Then, when voters howl in anger, these same Republicans point fingers at the Senate filibuster. They blame the rules. They blame the process. They blame anyone but themselves.
This is cowardice. Pure and simple.
Sen. Mike Lee didn’t just tell the truth—he lit a match to the GOP’s charade. The zombie filibuster isn’t obstruction. It’s a hiding place. A way for Republicans to vote for garbage they claim to hate, then cower behind a procedural technicality when the backlash hits. No speeches. No defense. No accountability. Just silence, while your hard-earned money flows to organizations that spit on everything you voted for.
Let’s talk to the voters—you who showed up. You who donated. You who knocked on doors because you believed the GOP would slash waste, secure elections, defend this country. You trusted them to fight for you. And what did they do? They voted with Democrats. They funded the left’s agenda. Then they whined about the filibuster like petulant children who got caught stealing cookies.
And to the comfortable, complacent conservatives who’ve checked out—who think “it’s just politics”—this is your wake-up call. This is not a game. Your apathy is their weapon. Every time you let them get away with blaming “the system” for their own betrayal, you give them permission to keep selling you out. Every time you scroll past the headlines and go back to your quiet life, you let them turn the party of limited government into a party of excuses.
Enough.
Bring back the speaking filibuster. Make them stand on the Senate floor for hours. Make them defend every penny of that $300 million. Make them look the American people in the eye and explain why they voted to fund an NGO that works against our interests. No more hiding. No more zombie obstruction. No more scams.
If you ran as a Republican. If you got elected as a Republican. Then act like a Republican.
Stop riding with Democrats when it matters most. Stop sabotaging your own voters. Stop treating the people who put you in office like fools.
The GOP has a choice: Either start doing the job voters sent them to do—slash waste, kill funding for leftist garbage, pass the SAVE Act, secure our elections—or admit they’re just another group of politicians who care more about their own power than the people they’re supposed to represent.
And to the voters? It’s time to stop tolerating the betrayal. It’s time to hold them accountable. It’s time to say enough is enough.
The zombie filibuster is a symptom. The GOP’s cowardice is the disease. And it’s past time for a cure.
