Sen. Thom Tillis on Sunday expressed frustration with President Donald Trump’s continued fixation on passing the SAVE America Act.<\/p>\n
In an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union,” the retiring North Carolina Republican lamented “the impossible task” of implementing the requirements of the legislation ahead of November’s crucial midterms.<\/p>\n
“Why are we doing more things to undermine our confidence in elections, rather than getting the strong message out that will win for Republicans this year?” Tillis said.<\/p>\n
Rather than promoting the bill \u2014 which would require voters to present a photo ID at the ballot box and effectively end widespread mail-in voting \u2014 Tillis said Republicans should tell voters about “the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America” while accepting the current voting laws.<\/p>\n
“Win by the good results that Republicans have produced and stop undermining the confidence in the elections,” said Tillis. “This is a bedrock of our 250-year history of success as the democracy that changed the world. Let’s not mess with that between now and November.”<\/p>\n
Trump has said the SAVE America Act is his “No. 1 priority” ahead of midterms, going so far as to\u00a0abruptly cancel a bill signing\u00a0for major bipartisan legislation on housing affordability until Congress passes his elections bill. But many Democrats are staunchly against the bill, arguing it could disenfranchise millions of voters, and Republican leaders in Congress have repeatedly indicated it does not have the votes to pass.<\/p>\n
Tillis co-sponsored\u00a0the original SAVE America Act\u00a0but has objected to Trump’s version of the legislation, which would also bar transgender athletes from women’s sports.<\/p>\n
It’s not the first time Tillis has clashed with Trump.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, Tillis\u00a0blocked Trump’s Fed chair nominee, Kevin Warsh, until the Justice Department dropped an investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. He has also\u00a0spoken out against\u00a0the Justice Department’s $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” calling it a “payout for punks.” And he has emerged as\u00a0a fierce critic\u00a0of Bill Pulte, Trump’s interim director of national intelligence.<\/p>\n
“Let’s try and figure out a way to completely and finally end these distractions so that we can focus on the damage Democrats could do if they take the House, if they beat incumbent Republicans in the Senate. That’s what Republicans need to be talking about between now and November,” Tillis said Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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