Sen. Ted Cruz is calling for Senate Republicans to do “everything humanly possible to pass the SAVE America Act.” With only one week left, the Texas lawmaker is intensifying pressure on his colleagues to act.
Cruz appeared on “Mornings with Maria” on Fox Business today to urgently repeat a demand he has made for months: “We need to get this passed to preserve election integrity [and] to stop rampant voter fraud.”
Last week, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill admitted her state has more than 6,000 illegal immigrants registered to vote. According to the Department of Homeland Security, led by Secretary Markwayne Mullin, tens of thousands of illegal immigrants were found listed on voter rolls earlier this month in New Jersey, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, and close to 200,000 in California.
“Democrats want illegal aliens to vote. That’s why they oppose the SAVE America Act,” Cruz claimed. “The Democrats, that’s how they stay in power. Look at the debacle in California; they may still be counting votes in California.”
“What I’ve been arguing to my colleagues is we need to force the Democrats to do a talking filibuster—not just raise the finger and say, ‘I filibuster,’ but stand up and talk and talk and talk,” he added.
Recently, SAVE America supporters ditched the talking filibuster idea after Senate Majority Leader John Thune refused to use the maneuver, which requires only 51 votes to pass legislation instead of 60.
The Republican Party, President Donald Trump, House leadership, and even Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, have said that the budget resolution is the pathway to get proof of citizenship and voter ID passed into law.
However, Thune is refusing to take the budget resolution up as well, claiming Republicans don’t have the votes for it.
Cruz concluded his time on the morning program by urging Thune to cancel the upper chamber’s upcoming five-week recess and pass the provision.
“We should stay here through August. We should keep going until we get it done,” Cruz said. He concluded by telling the Fox Business audience that he is “fighting tooth and nail” to get the 50 votes. “We need to get this done,” he said.
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