Trump threatens not to sign any bills until Congress approves strict voter ID act

Save Act would limit voting access in US and centers on Trump’s unfounded claims of noncitizens stealing elections Donald Trump renewed his push on Monday for the Save America act, a curtailment of voting access, after threatening on Sunday not to sign any bills until Congress approves the legislation. “All voters must show proof of citizenship in order to vote,” the US president said during remarks on Monday at a Republican event in Miami. “No mail-in ballots, except for illness, disability, military or travel.” He claimed that, if the bill were to pass, Democrats “probably won’t win an election for 50 years and maybe longer”. The president, fixated on unsubstantiated claims that noncitizens are stealing US elections ahead of midterm elections that are expected to be bruising for Republicans, said on Truth Social on Sunday that the Save America act “must be done immediately” and “supersedes everything else”. “MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION – GO FOR THE GOLD,” he wrote. He laid out a list of what he wanted in the bill, much of which is not currently in the proposal: showing voter ID