Thune’s support for filibuster ‘unchanged’ by Trump demand to nuke it

Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-S.D.) support for keeping the 60-vote threshold for passing legislation through the Senate remains “unchanged,” according to a spokesperson, despite President Trump’s demand that the GOP leader trigger the “nuclear option” and eliminate the filibuster. “Leader Thune’s position on the importance of the legislative filibuster is unchanged,” a spokesman for…