Establishment Senate Republicans refuse to do the hard work required to pass the SAVE America Act, according to Clint Brown, President of American Path.
The Trump-backed legislation would require proof of citizenship to register to vote — but GOP Senate leadership is playing excuse games instead of fighting for it.
Brown broke down the establishment’s obstruction during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
“They do not want to do the hard work that it would require to pass the SAVE America Act.”
The White House has called the SAVE America Act “one of the most critical pieces of legislation in our nation’s history.” President Trump renewed his push for the bill after the Supreme Court ruled that state laws allowing mail-in ballots to be counted after election day don’t violate federal law.
“Because of the mail-in ballot ruling — which was a little bit surprising, gives people more time to vote illegally — the SAVE Act is even more important,” Trump said.
Brown exposed the Senate GOP’s convenient excuses.
Establishment senators keep claiming they don’t have 60 votes to overcome a Democrat filibuster. Brown called that excuse hollow.
“Yes, obviously we know we don’t have 60 votes. We know the Democrats are not going to support something that secures elections and eliminates the opportunity for not only illegal immigrants to vote but really tightens up the ability to cheat,” Brown said.
But Republicans don’t need 60 votes — they just need spine.
“The Senate has historically passed bills at 51 after a filibuster breaks. There’s two ways to break a filibuster. Sixty votes, you file cloture, and it limits the time of debate. The other way is you let the Democrats talk until they can’t talk anymore, and let’s be honest, their average age is like 105. They can’t talk that long, and they will eventually stop talking, and then you can pass the bill at 51 votes, and guess what, we have 53 Republicans, and the Vice President should be pretty easy to do.”
Brown also demolished another establishment talking point: the fear of giving Democrats floor control to offer poison-pill amendments.
Republicans can table any Democrat amendment with a simple 51-vote motion — no debate required. The GOP has the numbers. They just don’t have the will.
“What they’re saying is every time the Democrats bring up a new amendment, it will trigger new speeches, and they can filibuster longer. Well, no. Not if you table it, because that table, the motion is able — it’s not debatable. There’s nothing the Democrats can do. So, what they don’t want is to vote on it. They don’t want to vote to table it. They’re afraid vulnerable senators will have ads run against them.”
Brown pointed out that Democrats already have Republicans on record for every attack ad they want to run. The establishment’s fear is hollow.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is the weak link.
Brown said Thune refuses to force the binary choice — make senators vote yes or no on a bill 80 percent of Americans support, including 95 percent of Republicans and 70 percent of Democrats.
“John Thune is taking the thermometer route,” Brown said. “The way you become a thermostat is you put the binary choice right in front of them, and you say, ‘What are you going to do? Are you going to vote yes? Are you going to vote no?’ John refuses to do that. He will not adjust the temperature.”
The SAVE America Act has overwhelming public support and a Republican majority in the Senate. The only thing missing is leadership willing to fight.
