President Donald Trump abruptly called off a planned signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill ahead of a meeting with Senate Republicans in the Capitol on Wednesday, making clear that he’s in no mood to compromise as he pressures them to pass his voting legislation.
Republicans had been hoping to use the housing bill, which aims to lower costs and increase supply, as a selling point to voters ahead of critical November midterm elections. And GOP senators were eager for a conciliatory luncheon with the president after escalating tensions in recent weeks. But the president upended their plans when he declared on social media that he won’t sign the legislation until they send him his bill to require proof of citizenship for all voters.
“Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency,” Trump posted.
Trump has pressed Republicans for months to kill the Senate filibuster and focus on his proof-of-citizenship voting bill even though Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has repeatedly told him that neither has the votes to pass. The bill would require proof of citizenship for all voters and force states to require voter identification.
Asked about Trump’s post on the housing bill, Thune told reporters, “that was his call to make.”
Anyone who thinks there are actually going to be fair and legitimate midterms is completely delusional.
Progressives need to prepare for the worst if it comes to it. If a civil war comes, the antifascists better form a more organised and unified resistance than the Spanish antifa ever did during the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish antifascists made up of liberals, communists, socialists and anarchists were more busy shooting at each other than at actual fascists.
I mean, I do
Sorry to hear that.
I hope you’re right to still have faith.
I really do.
I just don’t think it’s gonna happen.
Democracy is over in the US until you sort out your fascist infection.
If Trump had a plan he wouldn’t be fighting so hard to pass the SAVE Act
The time to buy a firearm is now.
Bought most of mine in 2019/2020, been practicing, preparing and building community since then. The writing was on the walls and clear as fucking day.
The time to coordinate, collaborate and train hard is now.
Not sure what exactly you’ve been waiting for.
The time was at least 5 years ago. Learning takes practice and that takes time. Everyone make sure you practice with your weapon.
Maybe he’ll fuck that up too
Which is why the time is now.
Don’t wait until Republican voter registration becomes a requirement to pass a firearms background check.