Republicans join in with US president’s demand for John Thune to push through Save America act
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Republican Senate majority leader John Thune came under renewed pressure last night to change the rules to force a vote on the Save America act, a sprawling bill that would upend elections for American voters amid the midterms.
He’s got to be a leader.
I’ve got colleagues who just simply won’t believe the Democrats will actually do it, just because two of them held out last time – those [two] who’ve been purged from their party
So let’s get them on the record. Let’s —-[make the] first vote out, ‘let’s end the filibuster’ – and just see what they do.
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