Filibuster Situation Explained in Game Theory, Prisoner’s Dilemma [WATCH]

Dan Bongino and Scott Bessent argued that Republicans should eliminate or scale back the Senate filibuster in order to advance legislation focused on voter identification and citizenship requirements.

Bongino tied the filibuster debate to broader election law disputes.

“We got to get rid of the filibuster,” Bongino said.

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He continued, “How that’s related to the filibuster, and how it stops the Democrats from their demographic Destiny stuff.”

Bongino argued that voter ID and citizenship rules are central to the debate.

“Because if you get people in there and need any voter ID and be citizens, you can have them here all you want. It’s going to be really hard for them to vote,” he said.

He added, “Those things are all tied together. So we got to get rid of the filibuster to get this thing passed. The Democrats will do it.”

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Bongino then introduced Bessent’s argument using game theory.

“This is Besson brilliantly explaining getting rid of the filibuster,” Bongino said.

He referenced the concept of the prisoner’s dilemma.

“Now in terms of the prisoner’s dilemma,” he said. “You remember the prisoner’s dilemma? We talk about this all the time.”

Bongino described it as a coordination problem.

“The prisoner’s dilemma is a coordination problem. It’s a game theory thing,” he said.

He explained the analogy.

“How is it that 15 guards can control a prison of 1000 people,” Bongino asked. “They’re overwhelmed. Mathematically.”

He answered his own question.

“The answer is, it’s a coordination problem,” he said.

“None of the prisoners want to be the first ones to try to bust out of the prison, because they can’t trust that the other guy’s gonna follow them.”

He added, “He describes a filibuster in terms of this, and busting this is just brilliant. Check this out.”

Bessent said he had previously argued in favor of eliminating the filibuster.

“Well, months ago, I had an editorial in the Wall Street Journal just saying, We got to get rid of the filibuster,” Bessent said.

He also referenced game theory.

“The in game theory, the best known game is the prisoner’s dilemma,” he said. “And it’s like, who moves first?”

Bessent characterized Democrats as “bad actors” in that framework.

“And if you have bad actors in the prisoner’s dilemma, which the Democrats are, then you should move first,” he said.

He added, “It’s kind of, Kill or be killed.”

Bessent pointed to two former senators.

“And clearly that Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, the Democrats basically had nuked the filibuster, but they refused to go along with it,” he said.

“And guess where they are? They’re both sitting at home now, hopefully watching your show.”

Bessent suggested a targeted approach.

“I think the Republicans need to be smart about this,” he said. “Maybe the filibuster doesn’t get withdrawn for everything.”

“But there are things that we we’ve got to do,” Bessent added. “You know, like voter integrity.”

Bongino concluded by emphasizing urgency.

“Yes. Thank you, Scott Bessent for that brilliant explanation of why we need to move first and coordinate,” he said.

“We have to move first,” Bongino added.

“The Democrats have already said they’re going to bust the filibuster. There’s no time for bullshit.”

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