Donald Trump is discovering how the GOP establishment is still trying to derail his Presidency.
Trump came to this conclusion in a painful manner.
And Trump made one bold move revealed one brutal truth about John Thune.
Trump Pushes the Senate to Pass the SAVE Act
Democrats continue to filibuster the SAVE Act in the United States Senate.
President Trump argued the only reason Democrats schemed to block a bill supported by 80 percent of the American people that required proof of citizenship to register to vote and ID to cast a ballot is that they are plotting to cheat in November’s midterm election.
To get around the Democrat filibuster, President Trump proposed multiple courses of action.
Trump urged Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) rejected that idea, claiming he didn’t have the votes.
Trump then proposed Republicans force Democrats to stage a talking filibuster where they can block the SAVE Act as long as they can hold the floor.
Since Democrats can’t keep standing up speaking forever, a talking filibuster would allow Republicans to pass the SAVE Act with a simple majority after every Senator spoke twice.
Thune shot down that idea after throwing up his hands and telling Trump he couldn’t keep Republicans united to vote down Democrat amendments since the floor would be open for a vote on whatever senators proposed.
Finally, Trump declared that Thune should cancel the August recess and keep the chamber in session to pass the SAVE Act as part of a reconciliation bill that only required 51 votes.
Trump contended that if Thune didn’t cancel the recess, Democrats would eventually win power and terminate the filibuster for themselves, which would end competitive elections in America since Democrats would then pack the Supreme Court, add multiple new Democrat states, and create at least 20 million new Democrat voters by granting amnesty for illegal aliens.
“John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to “leave town” until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER, where Republicans can then quickly pass everything they ever dreamed of, including a full and deep-throated SAVE AMERICA ACT, the Budget, and the ever-looming Debt Ceiling disaster, 1929! The Dumocrats will do it on day one, and can’t believe how lucky they got with this Senate leadership. Remember, stupidity always brings LOSING & DEATH!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Thune Rejects Trump’s Call to Cancel the August Recess
And yet for a third time, Thune told Trump no.
This time, however, Thune tried to make it seem like he wanted to pass the SAVE Act, but was thwarted by his fellow Republicans refusing to support passing the bill via reconciliation.
“I’m for anything we can do to get the SAVE America Act passed,” Thune told reporters.
“If budget reconciliation is a path forward, if we conclude that there is actually a chance to get an outcome or a result there, I’m open to do it,” Thune added.
“And I think all of our colleagues would be open to staying around here if that were true.” “But I think that we have to see, first of all, that can be proven to be the case.,” Thune continued.
“But I don’t think having a Congress sitting around here for the month of August in quorum calls or having to vote on Democrat amendments is probably a good use of anybody’s time. So we will see and see where the conversation goes,” Thune concluded.
Thune was hoping everyone would forget that he’s not some helpless bystander; he is the Senate Majority Leader, and it’s his job to deploy a combination of carrots and sticks to round up the votes to pass the President’s agenda, which in this case is the SAVE Act.
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