20 Year Old Finley & Flint Debate Former Montana Congressman

Last week, former Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg (R-MT) was listening in while we discussed the filibuster in the US Senate. He disagreed with what we had to say, and wanted to debate the topic LIVE on the radio AND take calls from across the state. So that's what we ended up doing Monday morning.

Finley Warden is a 20 year old student. After the 2024 elections, we were talking about how Gen Z, the younger voters, delivered for President Trump and the Republicans. If they deliver for this generation, they could capture a generation of voters for a lifetime. If President Trump and the Republican Congress aren't able to get their agenda across the finish line- they could lose Gen Z.

That's why Finley and I agree that Republicans may be forced to do away with the filibuster (or at least go back to what the original filibuster actually was).

As we saw with the recent federal government shutdown, Democrats shut down the government because we needed 60 votes to get the government back up and running again. If Democrats do this again at the end of January, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Republican senators should immediately move to abrogate the filibuster.

Former Congressman Rehberg disagrees, even though he says he is fully behind President Trump. He says the filibuster is an important protection for the minority, which will be necessary when Democrats take back power again down the road.

We argued that Democrats have already signaled their intent to do away with the filibuster the next time they get in power, and if Republicans aren't able to deliver- they can effectively guarantee that the Democrats will take power.

Here's the full audio of our chat with Congressman Rehberg and callers from across the state.