With the midterm elections just over four months away and Republicans expected to lose seats, President Donald Trump is laying out a brazen plan to tilt the elections.
According to The New Republic, this was seen last week when Trump canceled, at the last minute, plans to sign a bipartisan housing bill because the Save America Act had not yet been passed. And this appears to have upset even some Republicans.
“An angry Trump abruptly canceled the signing and blurted out a demand that Republicans pass voter suppression legislation instead. This surprised Trump’s own advisers and shocked Republicans in Congress,” TNR reported. “Why? They apparently couldn’t fathom that he’d so openly prioritize disenfranchising voters over helping Americans overcome their economic travails.”
Step by step, inch by inch, Trump’s trying to destroy our democracy.
Transcript: Trump Blurts Out Plot to Rig Midterms So Vile It Jolts GOP – The New Republic https://t.co/xKM8B15lIj
— Gary Michael Shephard (@RealGaryShep) June 29, 2026
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In a TNR podcast, Greg Sargent discussed the current dynamic.
“Donald Trump privately raged at Republican senators during a lunch on Wednesday. He declared he won’t sign a bill reducing housing costs for the American people until Republicans end the filibuster and pass a vile piece of voter suppression legislation first. This shocked Trump’s own advisers and angered Republicans who see it as undermining their hopes in the midterms.”
His guest, Amanda Marcotte, had more to say about it, arguing in the unlikely event the SAVE Act passed, it might not even help Republicans.
Q: What are your plans for the housing bill?
TRUMP: I don’t know. I think it’s so unimportant when compared to the SAVE America Act. It’s very bipartisan. That means the Democrats like it. pic.twitter.com/ClnmiEAerv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 29, 2026
“I’m beginning to think he actually genuinely believes that the SAVE Act is what’s going to save the Republican Party in the midterm elections. And I don’t see that that’s necessarily true, because it’s got these voter ID restrictions that are so severe that it seems to me the only way you may even be able to successfully vote is if you have a passport, which I feel benefits college-educated urban voters the most of all—who tend to be Democrats.”
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