Cornyn spars with conservatives online over SAVE America Act

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) took to the social platform X throughout Thursday night and Friday morning to vent some frustrations with conservatives, including a Senate colleague, about their push to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, a voter ID bill that doesn’t have the votes to pass in the upper chamber.

“Mike, I am a co-sponsor and have repeatedly voted for this but you don’t have the votes,” Cornyn wrote in response to a post from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), one of that bill’s most fervent backers, that called out Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) for not “putting in the hard work” to pass the bill. 

“@LeaderJohnThune can’t change that. It is math. Try focusing on Democrats instead of Republicans. Republican on Republican attacks are hurting our chances to win the majority in November,” Cornyn said. 

Lee responded, “On what planet is this an attack on........

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