President Trump is right to demand the Senate fire its unelected parliamentarian, an administrative gatekeeper who serves as a procedural shield for the establishment to block the people’s agenda.
The stakes are simple: no American voted for Elizabeth MacDonough, and the Founders never intended for an administrative officer to override the will of elected representatives. As Trump wrote on Truth Social, “How the Republican Senate is not firing the Parliamentarian, who was appointed by Radical Left Senator Harry Reid, and Barack Hussein Obama, is beyond me!”
According to WJLA, MacDonough was appointed by former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2012. Trump noted she “has been ruling unfairly against Republicans for years.” Back in May, she advised that Republican senators couldn’t include $1 million for the White House ballroom as part of an immigration bill, prompting Trump's first call for her firing.
The establishment's response? Circle the wagons. Senate Majority Leader John Thune seemingly came to MacDonough’s defense, telling The Hill, “Obviously, it’s concerning when anybody gets targeted like that... We’ll make sure everybody’s got security around here.” When Republican leadership is more concerned with the security of a Democrat-appointed procedural officer than enacting the agenda voters sent them to Washington to deliver, the uniparty is showing its true colors.
Meanwhile, the establishment press is working overtime to distract from the core issue of unaccountable power. HuffPost ignored the parliamentarian entirely to highlight Federalist CEO Sean Davis floating extreme measures like “sterilization of all foreign visitors” following a Supreme Court ruling upholding birthright citizenship. M Live Michigan pushed a New York Times/Siena poll claiming Trump's low approval numbers—56% disapprove of his handling of the economy—could cost Republicans the Senate. Breitbart News didn't even touch the procedural fight, opting to cover Trump's visit to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library instead.
The press wants to talk about fringe tweets and polling averages; the actual administrative power grab goes unchallenged. Trump rightly called on Congress to bypass the judicial and administrative blockades, writing that “Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair... Birthright Citizenship.”
The Senate parliamentarian is not a constitutional officer. She is a staff referee hired by the establishment to blow the whistle on legislation the ruling class dislikes. The Founders designed a republic where elected officials cast votes and own the consequences—not one where a Reid-appointed staffer decides what even gets a vote in the first place. Fire her.
