Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s Thursday speech rejecting changes to the long-standing filibuster was met with silence from fellow Democrats but widespread praise from Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The Kentucky Republican, in a hallway interview with Capitol reporters, called Sinema’s floor speech an “act of political courage” that “saved the Senate as an institution.”

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