President Trump has encouraged the Senate to go nuclear and extinguish Democratic filibuster rights if that is the only way to confirm Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. "i would say, it's up to Mitch [Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.], but I would say go for it," Trump Trump's sentiments were annonced on Wednedaywhen he met wit political activists who are campaigning for Gorsuch's nomination.