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U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds is now calling for the elimination of the Senate filibuster.

Donalds' current stance is a reversal from his 2022 position when he supported keeping the filibuster.

The filibuster is a Senate rule that requires 60 votes to pass most major legislation.

Labeling the filibuster a “relic of a bygone era,” U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, who is running to be Florida's next governor, called for U.S. Senate GOP leaders to eliminate the legislative hurdle.

It's an about-face from his position three years ago, however, when he defended the filibuster.

Now, Donalds, a Naples Republican, wrote an Oct. 31 letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. and posted it on X.

“I write to you as a fellow Republican committed to delivering on the mandate the Am

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