Good News for Republicans: Angus King Just Became the Democrats’ New Joe Manchin

More fundamentally, the question of whether Democrats can kill the filibuster if they win the Senate is downstream of the question of whether they win the Senate. Republicans hold it right now. They spent their August recess arguing about procedural options instead of passing the SAVE America Act with the majority they already have. The time to act was before the vacation. The time to act is now, when they come back in September.

King’s filibuster position is a pleasant surprise and a potential speedbump for Democratic plans. It is not a substitute for Republicans doing their jobs while they still control the chamber.

Pass the SAVE America Act. Don’t leave the fate of American election integrity to the goodwill of an independent senator from Maine who already flipped once and might flip again. Republicans have the majority now. Use it.