If Republicans stall on election reform and voter ID, the base won’t ‘move on.’ It will move out.
It’s time to find out who runs the Republican Party: Donald Trump or John Thune (RINO-S.D.).
Trump can demand all the “leadership” he wants, but the SAVE America Act remains in limbo. Leadership would mean getting it past the filibuster. What Thune has scheduled for next week — a vote with no talking filibuster — won’t force the fight. It won’t even force the Democrats to own their position in public.
If Republicans can’t pass the SAVE Act in the face of brazen hubris and illegality, nothing else will matter.
Meanwhile, Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) goes on camera and all but admits the quiet part: the rolls include millions of noncitizens, and Democrats don’t want ICE clearing them out before the next election. He’s saying it out loud.
So I’ll put this plainly. If Republicans can’t pass the SAVE Act in the face of that kind of brazen hubris and illegality, nothing else will matter — not Iran, not an economic rebound, not a shiny jobs report. Midterm obliteration is coming, and that means Trump 2.0 turns into impeachment 2.0.
Every US citizen has an ID. They need one at the bank, they need one at the doctor and hospital, they need one to buy cigarettes and alcohol, they need one to drive, etc, the list goes on. The only people that don’t have an ID is the ones that the Democrats want voting. It’s that simple.