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Trump and SAVE America Act Continue to Divide Senate GOP

Virginia Grace McKinnon

Senate Republicans are refusing to follow President Donald Trump’s demands to add the SAVE America Act to the time-sensitive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act extension. Behind a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday, senators piled on the one colleague fighting hardest for the SAVE America Act.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., expressed their frustration with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who has been the most vocal senator supporting the election security legislation. The two Johns accused Lee of leading Trump to believe that the SAVE America Act is even a possibility.

Cornyn, ousted by Trump, doubled down on Lee. He called out his push and expressed his own doubt about the SAVE America Act on social media, writing, “Ds will never provide the votes.”

Mike, out of spite, Ds will never provide the votes for @POTUS #1 priority. #trumpderangementsyndrome https://t.co/klXgMxYwhH— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) June 17, 2026

Mike, out of spite, Ds will never provide the votes for @POTUS #1 priority. #trumpderangementsyndrome https://t.co/klXgMxYwhH

Trump and congressional conservative hawks like Lee have been arguing that the SAVE America Act is an essential piece of legislation that must be pass immediately. Trump stated firmly Wednesday morning that he “will not approve FISA without THE........

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