GOP Uniting Around SAVE Act After Trump’s Election Interference Speech

“It is more important than ever to crush foreign election interference. It is more important than ever to pass the SAVE AMERICA ACT,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said in a post to X.

Hans Von Spakovsky, an election expert with Advancing American Freedom, a conservative think tank, agreed.

“The president is absolutely correct that the SAVE Act needs to be passed to implement universal voter ID and proof of citizenship,” Spakovsky said.

“He is also correct that the only reason an elected official would oppose this is because that official wants to make it easy to cheat and ensure that aliens who register and vote are not caught,” Spakovsky noted further.

The SAVE Act has passed the House of Representatives multiple times but has stalled in the Senate, where Democratic opposition has prevented it from advancing.

Under current Senate rules, most legislation requires 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, while Republicans currently hold 53 seats.

That said, some Republican senators have also opposed the bill. On Friday, retiring Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he would use “every tool available” to prevent the act from passing via a budget reconcilation bill.