u/RebellionsBuildHope

Ugh, this bill won’t die… I’m posting this as seeking optimism more so cause it’s just exhausting that they won’t take no for an answer.

As for the implausibility of it, I still don’t see how this will pass. Even hardline GOP in the House, like Rep Luna who is leading the revolt in the House holding up other legislation, has said Johnson’s effort to attach reconciliation is not plausible.

They’ve tried doing this before I believe and the SAVE ACT was stripped out of previous reconciliation bills via the parliamentarian. I know some doomers say this is a ploy to get the parliamentarian fired but Thune has been protective of her and if he had wanted to he’d of fired her by now. Plus I believe if he did then you’d have a lot of GOP Senators vote against this bill out of spite.

So is this all theatrics? Also I kind of doubt this even makes it past the House given the Freedom Caucus seems to be against this method as Johnson is signaling it’ll be a very narrow version of the SAVE Act.

Obviously, keep your guards up as the GOP are relentless… but it’s the first time he’s signaled that the bill is unlikely to pass prior to midterms.

This is the stuff that terrifies me… but I also try to assure myself that these people are morons and can make all the false claims they want but without evidence of election tampering it’ll be red meat for the MAGA.

A few takeaways:

“Trump and Cassidy clash over Iran in intense lunch at the Senate”

“Rick Scott told Trump the votes aren't currently there for election bill in private meeting”

“Johnson will meet with Trump on Thursday amid mounting crisis over "SAVE America Act" demands”

Seems like those who have been championing the SAVE Act to death are starting to try and tell the truth to Trump that the votes don’t exist for it to pass. And on Johnson’s front, the House Freedom Caucus is holding up key legislation as well. Hopefully they’re starting to try and steer Trump away from his obsession as it’s only hurting Republicans more and more.

And of course the luncheon itself, which was supposed to be a rallying cry for his stalled SAVE ACT turned onto an airing of grievances over the Iran Resolution and Bill Cassidy getting into a full on shouting match with Trump. Womp womp.

Outside the obvious, any true cause for concerns in the long term or is this just red meat for the MAGA?

This would honestly be insane given how it would essentially cripple air travel in virtually every state. While terrifying they’re even considering it and/or at least using it as a fear tactic, I’d have to imagine the lawsuits would be enormous from businesses to airlines.