[Opinion] Trump Blames Senate Republicans for Midterm Defeat, Calls Failure to Pass SAVE America Act ‘Devastating’

INSIDER Slugga: GOP Senate can’t duck its share of blame for midterm nightmare

Views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. The do-nothing Republican Senate bears its own share of blame for last week’s midterm catastrophe, and President Donald J. Trump isn’t about to let them off the hook. The Democrat advantage in the upper chamber is now at 55-44 after the race in Mississippi was finally called in favor of Scott Colom, the state’s first black senator since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era, an added b…

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Trump Blames Senate Republicans for Midterm Defeat, Calls Failure to Pass SAVE America Act ‘Devastating’

President Donald Trump accused Senate Republicans of costing the party critical victories in the November elections by refusing to eliminate the filibuster and advance legislation ... The post Trump Blames Senate Republicans for Midterm Defeat, Calls Failure to Pass SAVE America Act ‘Devastating’ first appeared on [your]NEWS.

MIDTERM DISASTER: Trump Blames GOP Election Losses on Senate Failure to Pass Voter ID Law

President Donald Trump lashed out at Senate Republicans Thursday, blaming their failure to approve sweeping voter identification legislation and eliminate the filibuster for the GOP’s defeat in the midterm elections, which cost Republicans control of the Senate. In a sharply worded Truth Social statement, Trump accused Republican senators of squandering an opportunity to enact major legislative priorities while they still controlled the chamber. He argued that their unwillingness to change Senate procedures had severely damaged the party’s electoral prospects. “The Republican Senate can no longer be the place ‘where things are sent to die,'” Trump wrote. “Not passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT (Voter I.D., Proof of Citizenship), sent up five times by the House, was devastating to the Republican Party in the Midterms.” The president has long advocated legislation requiring Americans to present documentary evidence of citizenship when registering for federal elections and photo identification when voting. He has maintained that these measures are essential to protecting the integrity of the electoral system. Republican supporters of the proposal contend that stricter verification standards would help prevent unlawful voting by noncitizens and increase Americans’ confidence in election results. Democratic opponents argue that the requirements could prevent eligible voters from participating if they cannot readily obtain the necessary identification or citizenship documents. Trump directed much of his criticism toward the Senate filibuster, which he said had prevented Republicans from advancing their agenda despite holding a majority before the November elections. “Not terminating the Filibuster, and getting EVERYTHING even ‘dreamt’ of, approved, when the Dems will definitely do so, will go down as being one of the greatest mistakes in the Political History of America,” Trump wrote. Under existing Senate procedures, most legislation must secure the support of 60 senators to overcome a filibuster. With Republicans holding 53 seats before the elections, the party needed at least seven additional votes to advance legislation opposed by Democrats. Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota had repeatedly rejected Trump’s calls to dismantle the filibuster, explaining that there was insufficient support among Republican senators themselves to make such a change. The dispute intensified in July, when Trump urged Thune to keep senators in Washington rather than allow them to leave for their traditional August recess. The president demanded action on the SAVE America Act or a change to the filibuster rules, but Thune maintained that Republicans did not have enough votes to accomplish either objective. The House approved the election legislation in February by a narrow 218-213 margin, with a single Democrat supporting the Republican-backed measure. Despite lengthy consideration in the Senate, the bill failed to advance. Trump’s renewed attack comes as Republicans prepare to surrender their Senate majority following the midterm elections, leaving Thune positioned to become the chamber’s minority leader when the new Congress convenes in January. Trump had previously raised the stakes in March by threatening to withhold his signature from other legislation until Congress approved the SAVE America Act. He later urged Republican leaders to pursue a talking filibuster as another possible means of advancing the measure, but Thune argued that the approach would require near-unanimous Republican cooperation and could consume weeks of Senate floor time. The disagreement also drew criticism from within the Republican Party, with some conservatives accusing Thune of failing to fight aggressively enough for Trump’s election agenda. Thune, however, maintained that changing Senate rules without sufficient Republican support was not a workable strategy. Trump ended Thursday’s message with a pointed reference to Thune’s impending loss of majority-leader status. “Anyway, good luck to our Republican Senators, work hard, and congratulations to John Thune for another year of leadership, Minority though it may be!” Trump concluded.