President Donald Trump is juggling multiple major priorities at this moment in time, but reminded Senate Republicans late Saturday night that he expects them to get the SAVE America Act passed, pronto.
After Scott Presler, who’s been lobbying legislators for months about the bill, appeared on Fox & Friends Sunday to urge Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to use the talking filibuster to get it passed, Trump returned to Truth Social to up the ante, saying he wouldn’t “sign any other bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION.”
This might be the only way to get the obstinate Thune to take action, and gives other Senate Republicans more leverage to force Thune’s hand. If there’s one thing legislators don’t like, it’s the inability to continually send pork back home and pass legislation favoring their buddies, so any interruption in this flow is a big deal.
Trump wrote:
Great Job by hard working Scott Pressler on Fox & Friends talking about using the Filibuster, or Talking Filibuster, in order to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, an 88% issue with ALL VOTERS. 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, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION – GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. & PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY – ILLNESS, DISABILITY, TRAVEL: NO MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: NO TRANSGENDER MUTILIZATION [sic] FOR CHILDREN! DO NOT FAIL!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP