Republicans brace for Trump SAVE Act showdown

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/Axios

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Sens. Mike Lee and Rick Scott have teed up what could be a tense, confrontational lunch Wednesday with President Trump and Senate Republicans.

The two spent months pressuring Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on the SAVE America Act. Now Trump will be in the room with them.

Why it matters: Trump is fixated on passing the SAVE Act to help Republicans in the midterms. But Thune is insistent that Republicans don't have the votes.

"There are not the votes to nuke the filibuster, and there aren't going to be 10 Democrat votes to all of a sudden support the SAVE America Act," Thune told reporters on Tuesday.

SAVE would require voter ID and proof of citizenship, while imposing new restrictions on mail-in voting.

Zoom in: Scott (R-Fla.) invited Trump to attend the weekly lunch put on by the conservative Senate GOP Steering Committee.

Thune laughed when asked whether Scott checked with him before extending the invite. "Well, he told me he did it," Thune told reporters.

Scott sent a letter to senators Monday outlining what he thinks the chamber's focus should be — including passing the SAVE America Act or parts of it, according to a copy Axios obtained.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-brace-for-trump-save-act-showdown/ar-AA26o5kc

[no_hypocrisy]

1. *IF* the SAVE Act were passed and enacted,

I wouldn't envy county boards of elections for having to re-register ALL the voters presently allowed to vote.

And I wouldn't envy all the boards of vital statistics with all the applications for certified birth certificates.

And I wouldn't envy married women who would have to scramble to prove their identities and their citizenships.

[Phoenix61]

2. Scott was, is, and always will be a walking

embodiment of an unquenchable desire for money and power.

[Ray Bruns]

3. Since when is kissing Trump's ass a "showdown"?

[Scrivener7]

4. They'll cave. It's what they do.