Why Republicans are defying Trump and refusing to get rid of the Senate filibuster

Senate Majority Leader John Thune was recently pressed by a conservative journalist: “Why is the filibuster more important than stopping illegals from voting?”

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., was recently confronted with a leading question by a conservative journalist: “Why is the filibuster more important than stopping illegals from voting?”

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