John Thune leads Senate backlash to Trump demanding they cancel summer break for him
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other senior Republicans are pushing back after Donald Trump demanded Monday that they cancel the chamber’s month-long August recess and stay in town to pass voter ID legislation.
- Trump, in a Truth Social post early in the day, reiterated his call for senators to stay in town for the month of August to pass the SAVE America Act, a piece of voter ID legislation he wants to see implemented before the midterms elections.
- He demanded, in his post, that Thune and the GOP caucus terminate the legislative filibuster to accomplish this goal, something Thune insists
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- Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other senior Republicans are pushing back after Donald Trump demanded Monday that they cancel the chamber’s month-long August recess and stay in town to pass voter ID legislation.
- Trump, in a Truth Social post early in the day, reiterated his call for senators to stay in town for the month of August to pass the SAVE America Act, a piece of voter ID legislation he wants to see implemented before the midterms elections.
- He demanded, in his post, that Thune and the GOP caucus terminate the legislative filibuster to accomplish this goal, something Thune insists
Sources: The Independent