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RINO quartet joins Dems to block Save America Act

June 5, 2026 | | Print Article

The “usual suspects” in the Republican Party joined with Democrats on Thursday to reject the SAVE America Act as part of budget reconciliation, ensuring that election integrity will have to wait.

Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, and Thom Tillis said no to requiring voter ID and proof of citizenship nationwide, while the nation gets a firsthand look in California at what elections look like under Democrat control — taking its cue from the 2020 election, where JOE BIDEN received a record 81 million votes, California floods the playing field with mail-in ballots, accepts these ballots for a full week AFTER the election, and then takes weeks to tally the results.

The liberal Republican quartet remains a significant obstacle for the White House, coming together again and again to stop President Donald Trump from enacting an agenda voters overwhelmingly supported in the 2024 election.

“It’s the second attempt by Republicans to attach the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act to their budget reconciliation package, and the second time that they’ve failed to get the legislation across the line months after launching a quasi-floor takeover to debate the bill,” Fox News reported.

The argument was made some time ago that attaching the SAVE America Act to the nearly $70 billion budget reconciliation package geared toward funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol was little more than a gimmick in that it needed at least 60 votes to pass — Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced the amendment that prompted GOP senators to go on the record.

“There’s no other reason to say you don’t have to have an ID. It just makes cheating easier,” Graham grandstanded, knowing the bill had no chance. “Who wants a noncitizen voting in our election if you’re against that, that makes me wonder.”

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As for voting out the RINO quartet, McConnell and Tillis are not running for reelection. The other two liberal Republicans are entrenched in their seats — Collins has been in office for almost 30 years, while Murkowski has held her seat for 23 years. Republican voters rejected Murkowski in the 2010 GOP primary and she launched an independent write-in campaign for the general election with the backing of the Republican Party.

It’s almost as if some Republicans want to lose the 2026 midterm elections, which would assuredly result in another sham impeachment of Trump. An impeachment that would succeed in removing him from office if Democrats control the Senate, delivering to establishment-class Republicans (they hope) the much sought after end to the MAGA movement.

Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:

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