There are moments in the life of a republic when what Congress chooses not to do says more than every speech, every press conference, and every carefully rehearsed talking point ever could.

I believe this is one of those moments.

In just a short while, the United States Senate will be heading home while the SAVE Act remains unfinished business.

This makes my gut rot.

I don’t say that lightly.

I’m not angry because a bill didn’t get passed today.

Washington disappoints us every week.

I’m angry because Republicans spent years telling voters that election integrity was foundational to the survival of the republic.

Now comes the first truly defining moment. And the Senate is packing its bags.

Help me understand that. Seriously. Because I don’t get it.

Maybe I’m wrong. But from where I sit, John Thune looks like a man running from the very fight Republicans asked Americans to send them back to Washington to win.

I don’t know what’s in his heart. I know what his conference is doing.

And what they’re doing is leaving.

If election integrity is truly the cornerstone of self-government, why isn’t the Senate acting like it? Don’t tell me housing comes first. It doesn’t. Not this time.

Don’t tell me the calendar is full. They write the calendar.

Don’t tell me this is complicated. It isn’t.

Either you believe only American citizens should decide American elections—or you don’t.

I’ve spent decades behind a microphone talking to Americans. 

I’ve interviewed presidents. Cabinet secretaries. Governors. Senators. Pastors.........

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