Trump SAVE Act Push Splits Senate GOP Before Midterms
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- Trump is pressing Congress to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act "at all costs," according to The Hill's reporting
- Senate Republicans are voicing frustration, viewing the push as "picking the wrong fights" with the party ahead of crucial midterms
- Trump's Thursday night primetime address revisited his election-related grievances and magnified the internal GOP tensions over legislative priorities
- Sen. Thom Tillis (R) has gone "scorched-earth" against the SAVE America Act, threatening to stall the bill in the Senate
- The GOP is publicly wary of the political cost as midterm elections approach, with members split between backing Trump and protecting their own incumbencies
Why it matters: An intra-party split on a signature Trump priority ahead of midterms hands vulnerable Republicans a dilemma: back a president-priority bill that may not help them with swing voters, or defy him publicly. Sen. Thom Tillis's threat to stall the SAVE America Act in the Senate signals the friction is no longer quiet, raising the legislative cost of moving the bill at all.
