Supporters of President Donald Trump want action and accountability from Republicans who seem allergic to passing legislation that a majority of voters support.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., once again tried to excuse why the Republican majority can’t pass the SAVE America Act and the Trump-backed voter ID legislation, infuriating the GOP base while trying to blame Democrats for the impasse.
“We don’t have the votes either to proceed, get on a talking filibuster, nor to sustain one if we got on it,” Thune claimed. “But that is just a function of math, and there isn’t anything I can do about that. I mean, I understand the president’s got a passion to see this issue addressed, as we all do.”
🚨 BREAKING: Senate Leader John Thune says he is powerless to get the SAVE America Act passed through the talking filibuster, he doesn’t have the votes
“It’s about the votes, it’s about the math! I’m the one who has to be a clear-eyed realist about what we can achieve here.”… pic.twitter.com/piewxrEq6d
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 10, 2026
“While the end result after an exhaustive marathon of debate would allow Republicans to pass the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act at a simple-majority threshold, Thune has time and again warned that the votes aren’t there among Republicans to block Democratic amendments that could completely reshape the bill,” Fox News reported.
“It will guarantee the midterms. If you don’t get it, big trouble,” the president reportedly told House Republicans this week.
The president ripped into Thune as he suggested the lawmaker be a “leader.”
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. President Trump just LIT A FIRE under Senate Leader John Thune, demanding he “BE A LEADER” and go get the votes for the SAVE America Act
Q: Thune says he doesn’t have the votes.
TRUMP: “Well, HE’S GOTTA BE A LEADER! If he’s the leader, he’s gotta get ’em!”
“It… pic.twitter.com/H0xEPbasbF
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 11, 2026
Senate Democrats agree in their opposition to the bill, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., claiming it is “a bill that destroys the country.”
“And it is not about showing ID when you show up to vote,” he claimed.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told Fox News Digital, “I suggest our first goal will be to try and pass it, but I understand how difficult that is, and I’m sympathetic with the position of not ending the filibuster.”
“But short of that, our next goal ought to be to make sure the Democrats get blamed, because they’re the ones that are truly blocking this,” he added.
Meanwhile, as Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, fights a primary runoff against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), he pressed the importance of the SAVE Act in an op-ed published Wednesday.
“When the reality on the ground changes, leaders must take stock and adapt,” Cornyn wrote. “Today, Democrats are weaponizing the Senate’s rules to block the SAVE America Act, defund the Department of Homeland Security, and hurt the American people — all to spite President Donald Trump.”
CORNYN has a new op ed saying the SAVE America Act is more important than the filibuster.
“For many years, I believed that if the US Senate scrapped the filibuster, Texas and our nation would stand to lose more than we would gain.
“My fellow conservatives and I have proudly…
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 11, 2026
Social media users eviscerated Thune and other Republicans for dragging their feet.
John Thune … “we don’t have the votes to remove the filibuster.”
A real leader would be able to get the votes.
Nancy Pelosi always got the votes because she would remove you from all committees and give you $0.00 for your reelection.
John Thune is no leader. He’s a…
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) March 10, 2026
John Thune is not passing the Save America Act because…..he does not want too.
If he wanted to, he would have done it already.
— Midnight (@Nocte_Insanire) March 10, 2026
We can blame Thune. But he’s doing exactly what his colleagues in the Senate elected him to do. If they were disappointed in his leadership, they could replace him tomorrow. That they haven’t done so tells you all you need to know about the Republicans in the Senate.
— American Culture 🇺🇸 (@AmCulturePod) March 11, 2026
Where are the majority whips to help you ensure that the votes are there? Where is the negotiation within the GOP to ensure that the act passes. You are making an argument better each moment for people to leave the GOP and become independent. I did long ago.
— Sailor Girl (@sails_and_such) March 10, 2026
Dems would get it done! Thune is a loser!!
— BIgDave (@DavetheShoeMan) March 10, 2026
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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