I think Thune just told the felon he doesn't have the votes to go nuclear to get his SAVE act passed.
And the felon is having a MAJOR tantrum!
Trump: ‘There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!’
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-there-will-be-voter-i-d-for-the-midterm-elections-whether-approved-by-congress-or-not/
Such an order would likely be blocked by courts, but if it stood, it would stand to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
Following the House’s passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) America Act Wednesday, Trump took to Truth Social late Friday afternoon to suggest that if the Senate doesn’t send him the bill, he’ll take unilateral action. Senate Democrats have said they’re committed to preventing the measure from becoming law.
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I suspect this EO will never actually materialize. It has the ring of other angry threats to do this or that "shortly" that have gone by the wayside. Of course, sycophants may come up with some bullshit EO to placate him, but if they do, I would be SHOCKED if it weren't universally rejected by the courts -- including SCOTUS.
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Executive Orders apply to federal agencies ONLY.
Elections are run by the states. Executive orders have no standing on state-run elections.
However, a directive on the feds can have various coersive effects on states:
1. They can influence state actions due to federal funding of certain programs. In other words, coersion.
2. Doturd cannot "create" new law through an EO. So his threat is like himself, devoid of substance.
3. A blatant attempt at election rigging.
4. Unconstitutional. The election process is well established. However, with this SC, who knows where it will go.
And finally, for all the Reich Wing bluster about "states rights", attempting to "nationalize" elections to prevent his bloodbath in the midterms is just another weak attempt at political survival. He is weak, demented, and incredibly stupid. This will not help his cause.
(I'm not a lawyer, but I play one on my own computer...)
