President Donald Trump called for passing the SAVE America Act during his Fourth of July address to thousands celebrating America’s 250th birthday on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
The crowd erupted into thunderous cheers when Trump laid out the bill’s voter integrity provisions.
“Today, our country is winning again and we’re winning like never before. America is back, and we want to keep America great, and we will do so by approving the SAVE America Act which means all voters must show voter ID,” Trump told the massive audience.
“All voters must provide a little thing called proof of citizenship. And there will be no mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military deployment, or travel. And you won’t have cheating on the elections anymore. It’s very simple.”
The SAVE America Act has passed the House three times but faces Senate Democrat obstruction.
Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) told Breitbart News this week that House Republicans are “constantly consistently held hostage to the inaction of the Senate.”
Moore said the SAVE Act is now being attached to the National Defense Authorization Act through the rules process. Once the NDAA is engrossed in the House, the voter ID language will be merged into the base text.
If Senate Democrats strip the language out, House and Senate leaders would go to conference to fight for reinserting it — forcing senators to take the action of publicly removing election integrity measures from a must-pass defense bill.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), running for governor in his state, said in June that the SAVE America Act “should pass immediately” but Senate Democrats are blocking it using the filibuster.
“80 percent of the American people want the SAVE America Act,” Donalds said.
Early Vote Action’s Scott Presler has been urging lawmakers to pass the SAVE Act for months.
The Supreme Court recently ruled that states with laws allowing mail-in ballots to be counted after election day were not violating federal law.
Trump said the ruling makes the SAVE Act “even more important.”
“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. “You have to be a citizen of our country, okay, you have to show you’re a citizen of our country, called citizenship. Voter ID by photo, photo voter ID, and no mail-in ballots — unless you’re in the military, disabled, you’re ill, or you’re away even on a vacation, we’re being very open about it.”
“It’s pretty easy, and we’ll have honest elections,” he said.
250 YEARS OF SAVING AMERICA! 🇺🇸
“We want to keep America great. And we will do so by approving the SAVE AMERICA ACT, which means all voters must show voter ID. All voters must provide a little thing called proof of citizenship!” -President Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/2pXkRgUIEQ
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) July 5, 2026
All I want is the SAVE America Act. Then, I’ll let up, stop the peaceful pressure campaign, & focus solely on November. What our elected officials must understand is the American people demand some sort of election integrity going into the midterm elections. Whether it’s…
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) July 4, 2026
