President Trump is about to be tested after the U.S. Senate just passed a bill, a fair housing bill favored by the Democrats (but with bipartisan support). Before the passage, President Trump declared “I won’t sign any new legislation until SAVE Act is Passed.” The SAVE Act would make citizen-based photo ID required and would also end mass mailer elections (which are no elections at all).
John Thune appears to be doing everything he can to protect his RINO colleagues from vote accountability by pushing for a straight floor vote requiring 60 votes to pass. He has chosen this route rather than force his RINO colleagues to vote down a procedural change that would force the Democrats to do a verbal filibuster. Due to a procedural rule change that started to be exploited in the 70s, the procedural filibuster replaced the verbal one. This has allowed the filibuster to become a de facto requirement for nearly every bill passed by the Senate (which has sometimes helped the republicans).
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Trump: I Won’t Sign Any New Legislation Until SAVE Act Is Passed – gellerreport.com
Nothing illustrates how deeply corrupted and dangerously compromised the American voting system has become more than the extraordinary resistance Americans encounter when attempting to enact even the most basic voter safeguards and anti-fraud protections.
A healthy democracy welcomes safeguards. Only a corrupted system fights them. When a nation must wage a political battle simply to enact the most basic safeguards against voter fraud, it is no longer merely debating policy — it is confronting the corruption of its own electoral system.
The president knows how to force movement on the issues most important to him. He drew a line in the sand Friday, declaring he will veto every bill that reaches his desk until the SAVE America Act passes the Senate: “I will not sign any other legislation until the SAVE Act is passed,” Trump announced (Townhall).
Hours later, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) announced his support for ending the silent filibuster to pass the bill—a procedural breakthrough that likely clears the path to final passage. Notably, Cornyn is in a runoff with Texas AG Ken Paxton who announced: The Save America Act is the most important bill the U.S. Senate could ever pass, and I’m committed to helping President Trump get it done. I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act (Paxton).
The president’s ultimatum puts every appropriations bill, every defense authorization, and every continuing resolution on hold until Senate Democrats and wavering Republicans decide whether election integrity is worth the standoff. Trump: It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else. MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed (Truth).
Excellent. Without election integrity nothing else matters. The Save Act must pass.
