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The Save America Act: What It Is and Who's Blocking It
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Vince Coglianese opens the substantive portion of the episode with a tight summary of the Save America Act: voter ID, proof of citizenship to register, purging noncitizens from voter rolls, and limits on mail-in ballots [1] — Vince Coglianese "Senate Majority Leader John Thune has the tools to pass the Save America Act — committee assignments, fundraising dollars, vacation schedul…" 03:45 . He immediately identifies the obstruction: not just Democrats, but a roster of Republican senators who claim support while doing nothing. Senate Majority Leader John Thune draws the most fire — Coglianese accuses him of playing passive commentator rather than wielding the levers of power available to a majority leader. A clip of President Trump is played in which he calls out Lisa Murkowski of Alaska by name, tells her she'll never win another election, and demands action on voter ID and proof of citizenship. Coglianese frames the entire fight as both a democratic mandate and a moral imperative ahead of the 250th anniversary of the country.
Senator John Cornyn publicly mocked Save America Act supporters as 'keyboard warrior geniuses and grifters.' Vince's response: Cornyn was just fired by Texas voters, and the very thing he says demoralizes the base is the thing HE is doing — blocking the bill.
