Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., on Monday said the Senate should reinstate the 60-vote threshold for judicial and executive branch nominees.

In remarks at the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville in Kentucky — where Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduced her — Sinema, a moderate, admitted “not only am I committed to the 60-vote threshold, I have an incredibly unpopular view.”

“I actually think we should restore the 60-vote threshold for the areas in which it has been eliminated already. We should restore it,” Sinema said to scattered cheers. …

“Not everyone likes that because it would make it harder for us to confirm judges and it would make it harder for us to confirm executive appointments in each administration,” Sinema said. “But I believe that if we did restore it, we would see more of that middle ground in all parts of our governance, which is what, I believe, our forefathers intended.”