President Donald Trump responded to comments by former Attorney General Eric Holder saying that Democrats are pursuing a Supreme Court expansion plan that could severely harm the Constitution.

In a post on Truth Social Trump reacted to a recent appearance by Eric Holder in which he floated the possibility of expanding the Supreme Court if Democrats take full control of government in 2028. Trump described Holder as an Obama sycophant who did so much to hurt our Country calling him the former Attorney General of the United States who weaponized the Obama Administration against the Republican Party and ME.

Referring to Holder by the nickname FAST AND FURIOUS invoking the Obama-era gun-running scandal Trump warned that Holder emphatically stated above all else that Democrats will PACK the Supreme Court of the United States if they get the chance. According to Trump Holder supports not just a minor expansion but an increase to 21 Radical Left Activist Judges up from the heretofore 15 that they were seeking.

Trump asserted that such a move will destroy our Constitution adding that there is not a thing that the Republicans can do about it unless we TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER.

He tied the potential elimination of the filibuster to electoral success for Republicans predicting it would lead to an easy WIN of the Midterms and an even easier WIN in the Presidential Election of 2028.

“The American People don’t want gridlock, they want their Leaders to GET THINGS DONE — TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, AND HAVE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FOUR YEARS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, BY FAR, WITH NOT EVEN THE HINT OF A SHUTDOWN OF OUR GREAT NATION ON JANUARY 30TH!”

The video Trump referenced features Holder calling the Supreme Court a broken institution.

“Without substantive reforms being put in place, this Supreme Court, as it is presently constituted — if there is a Democratic trifecta in 2028 — Supreme Court reform is something that has to be considered. Potentially expanding the Court is something, I think, that also should be considered.”

This is not the first time Holder has raised the idea of altering the composition of the Court.

In a January 2021 event hosted by the Brookings Institution he argued for court-packing in light of what he called a crisis of legitimacy created by the appointment of a conservative majority. He blamed the current makeup of the judiciary on Republicans’ refusal to confirm Merrick Garland to the Court in 2016 followed by the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.

“I believe it would be totally appropriate to add additional seats to the Supreme Court, in response to what has transpired over the past few years.”

At that same event Holder claimed the courts had become political bodies and that federal courts were filled with ideologues who consistently reach rulings based on their stunted mindsets. He also endorsed 18-year term limits for justices and a minimum qualifying age of 50 years advocating for greater diversity on the bench.

Holder made similar arguments in both 2020 and 2021 citing Republican refusal to confirm Merrick Garland and the swift confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as reasons Democrats should consider court reform including adding justices. In a 2020 appearance he asserted that if Republicans succeeded in replacing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg it would result in a 6-3 court with a conservative majority ruling on critical issues for generations to come.

In January 2024 former Attorney General Eric Holder commented on MSNBC’s The ReidOut that the Supreme Court’s legitimacy is at stake in its handling of former President Donald Trump’s eligibility case.

“There is again no constitutional basis for it, no historical precedent for it.”

He added that ruling in Trump’s favor would really put at risk how the court will be viewed by the American public and cautioned it would also endanger democracy and the rule of law.

Holder’s court-packing scheme represents the most direct threat to constitutional governance in modern American history. Expanding the Supreme Court to 21 justices would permanently alter the balance of power and give Democrats control over every major legal decision for decades.

The plan reveals how desperate Democrats have become to impose their agenda through judicial fiat rather than winning elections and passing legislation. They cannot accept that Americans reject their radical policies so they want to rig the courts instead.

Trump’s call to terminate the filibuster shows he understands the stakes. If Republicans maintain their Senate majority and win the presidency in 2028 eliminating the filibuster would allow them to pass conservative priorities without obstruction.

The reference to January 30th relates to potential government shutdown threats. Trump wants Republicans to demonstrate they can govern effectively and avoid the gridlock that has plagued Washington for years.

Holder’s involvement in the Fast and Furious scandal makes his criticism of court legitimacy particularly hypocritical. The Obama administration’s gun-running operation resulted in weapons being lost to Mexican cartels and the death of a Border Patrol agent.