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Shelley Moore Capito: “Many of us signed a letter under President Trump's first…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

Capito Joins CNN's Inside Politics to Discuss Schumer Shutdown

Published October 9, 2025 | Video Starts at 06:16

Are you for that? I'm not going to do that. And I don't think there are the votes there to do that, to break the filibuster. Many of us signed a letter under President Trump's first administration saying we would not break the filibuster. Remember, the Democrats did that, too. And then you want to talk about lack of trust, then they turned around and voted to break the filibuster. (06:16–06:23)

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Asserts that many Republicans pledged not to break the filibuster during Trump's administration.

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“I want to protect my West Virginia small business owners and beauticians and barbers and small mom and pop shops.”
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“The House passed a simple fix, no strings attached to this at all to open the government for seven weeks.”
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“I voted during the Biden administration consistently on this very same bill as did they to open government.”
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“I'm not going to do that. And I don't think there are the votes there to do that, to break the filibuster.”
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