Rick Santorum caught on tape saying Republicans 'don't want the people's will to be done immediately'
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Santorum was secretly taped saying Republicans don't want Democrats carrying out the public's wishes.
"No! No, no no, we don't want the people's will to be done immediately," he said at a conservative event.
He also urged activists to flood Manchin and Sinema's offices with calls thanking them for preserving the filibuster.
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Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania was filmed saying Republicans are opposed to Democrats carrying out the wishes of most voters.
The video was posted Friday by Democratic activist Lauren Windsor, several days after posting another one showing a Texas GOP congressman saying he favored "18 months of chaos" until the 2022 midterms.
"We have a bunch of people running around, particularly progressives, who all they want to talk about is let the people's will be done," the former 2016 GOP primary candidate said in the video, taken at a June 29 Patriot Voices event. "No! No, no no, we don't want the people's will to be done immediately."
Santorum's remarks are likely referencing progressive lawmakers like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. She's among the many Democrats urging President Joe Biden to scrap the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold most bills need to clear the Senate.
The Senate is evenly divided at 50-50, resulting in a GOP blockade on a major portion of Biden's agenda on voting rights, immigration, and police reform. Democrats are preparing to bypass Republicans on infrastructure using reconciliation, a pathway to approve budgetary bills with only a simple majority vote. The tactic is available to them given their tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris.
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