CV NEWS FEED // Former President Donald Trump announced that he supports adding the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act to next month’s spending bill, taking a position that reportedly puts him at odds with lawmakers from his own party.
As CatholicVote previously reported, the SAVE Act “would require people to provide proof of citizenship before voting in upcoming elections.”
During an episode of her podcast that aired Thursday, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Monica Crowley asked the former president “Do you support adding the SAVE Act to the spending bill that Congress is going to take up next month, in September to try to get it into law before this election?”
“Absolutely,” Trump replied. “The Republicans ought to try to and get some things for a change.”
>> JULY: THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION SLAMS THE SAVE ACT <<
“The House and the Senate,” he continued, “they ought to go for getting things. They don’t get anything. They extend everything.”
Trump stated that House Republicans should push for further measures “much tougher than the SAVE Act.”
“The SAVE Act is just one element,” he said. “They ought to focus on borders and elections.”
Trump’s comments come days after Axios reported that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, “has been working behind the scenes to get House conservatives to drop their demands” that the upcoming spending bill include the SAVE Act.
Axios’ report continued:
McConnell staffers have urged conservatives in the Senate and the House to keep the precedent of passing clean short-term-funding bills and argued that using a potential shutdown to try to score political points is dangerous before the election, sources said.
>> JULY: SENATE DEMOCRATS BLOCK THE SAVE ACT <<
Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, appears to be more open to adding the proposal aimed at stopping non-citizens from voting in U.S. elections.
The Hill reported Wednesday that Johnson “has not dismissed the idea of attaching the SAVE Act” to the September spending bill.
Johnson told reporters last week that House Republicans believe “perhaps the most urgent issue, the most imminent threat facing the country, is the integrity of this election cycle.”
>> JUNE: REPUBLICANS PUSH SAVE ACT AFTER AGENCIES GIVE VOTER FORMS TO NON-CITIZENS <<
