White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told an interviewer Senate Republicans should “get off their butts” and abolish the filibuster so President Donald Trump’s top priorities can earn passage.
In an interview on “Pod Force One,” Leavitt doubled down on her call for Republicans to eliminate the 60-vote threshold, arguing that many of Trump’s top priorities, especially voting reforms, are being blocked by outdated Senate rules.
Removing the filibuster, she said, would allow the GOP to enact voter ID, end universal mail-in ballots, and secure what she called “real election integrity.”
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