‘Shame On Her’: Kamala Harris Wants To Nuke Filibuster To Advance One Of The Left’s Favorite Crusades

Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday expressed support for ending the Senate’s filibuster rule in order to pass legislation codifying “abortion rights,” prompting independent Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia to withhold his endorsement from the Democratic nominee.

Harris said she would eliminate the filibuster for the purpose of bringing back the protections afforded in Roe v. Wade, which would lower the Senate voting threshold from 60 votes to a simple majority of 51 votes, according to a Tuesday interview on Wisconsin Public Radio. The Democrat-turned-independent Manchin said he was withholding his endorsement of Harris over her comments on Tuesday after previously signaling that he may endorse the vice president.

“I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe,” Harris said during the interview. “And get us to the point where 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do.”

Manchin pushed back against Harris, arguing that getting rid of the filibuster would make the Senate like “the House on steroids.”

“Shame on her,” Manchin said in the Capitol. “She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy. It’s the only thing that keeps us talking and working together. If she gets rid of that, then this would be the House on steroids.”

“I think that basically can destroy our country, and my country is more important to me than any one person or any one person’s ideology,” Manchin said. “I think it’s the most horrible thing.”