Is the SAVE Act About to Lock Out Millions of Illegals from Stealing Your Vote? [WATCH]

Momentum is building in the U.S. Senate behind the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, known as the SAVE Act, as Republican lawmakers and conservative advocates press for a vote on legislation requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote.

The renewed focus on the bill was highlighted during an exchange involving Kayleigh McEnany and Senator Marsha Blackburn, alongside video clips from conservative activist Scott Presler and Senators Rick Scott and John Thune.

The discussion traced the bill’s rapid rise in support and outlined next steps as Senate leadership moves toward scheduling a vote.

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“Three weeks, there has been a lot of news under the surface about the SAVE Act. This is a bill to safeguard our elections and require proof of US citizenship before voting, among other provisions,” McEnany said.

“Now our conversation on this started with Scott Pressler, who has been calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to allow a vote every day since January 1, earlier this month, Scott joined me here to make his case.”

In that earlier interview, Presler urged immediate Senate action.

“The American people demand Senate Majority Leader John Thune bring a vote on the safeguard American voter eligibility act, and let’s have proof of citizenship to register to vote,” Presler said.

“We have this one moment in history with Donald Trump at the helm with a trifecta republican government. I say nuke the gosh darn filibuster pass law after law after law.”

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Following that appearance, McEnany said the issue gained traction among Senate Republicans.

“That interview went viral and senators went into action,” she said, noting that Senator John Cornyn said he spoke with Thune about the bill, while Senators Katie Britt and Dave McCormick signed on as co-sponsors. McEnany added that Senator Rick Scott escalated his support publicly.

“Here’s Senator Scott last week,” McEnany said before playing the clip.

“However, we do this all right, whether it’s part of the spending bill this week, whether it’s a separate bill, whether we have to stay there, you know, and do a standing filibuster, whatever it’s going to take. We got to get this passed. We’ve got to secure our elections,” Scott said.

“I can’t imagine a Republican senator that would vote against making sure that you have to have proof of citizenship to register to vote and to vote. How could anybody, I don’t know how Democrat could be against this.”

McEnany said support for the legislation has continued to grow.

“After that interview came an avalanche of support for the Save act. You see it here. The tally now sits at 49 co sponsors, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune said this week he will allow a vote,” she said.

Thune addressed the bill’s current status and ongoing revisions.

“They are still modifying the bill. It includes, right now, a requirement that you be a citizen to register to vote, but it doesn’t include a requirement that to vote you be a resident that’s been fixed and addressed,” Thune said.

“And I think the new bill that comes out, hopefully will deal with that. But I mean, at some point we’ll have that vote.”

McEnany then turned to Senator Marsha Blackburn, a co-sponsor of the SAVE Act, asking about resistance among a small number of Republicans.

“Tennessee Republican senator Marsha Blackburn, who’s a co sponsor, joins me now,” McEnany said.

“Senator Blackburn, as we look at this, I believe there are either four or five Republican holdouts, and I’m curious what’s the holdup for some of your Republican colleagues?”

“Well, I never speak for my colleagues, Kayleigh, but I will tell you this, it is important that people be a citizen, that they show proof of citizenship, to register and to vote,” Blackburn said.

She pointed to Tennessee’s election system as a model.

“When you go to vote in Tennessee, you have to show who you are, these records have to match up. Every state should be certain that only citizens are voting in their elections.”

McEnany also asked Blackburn about potential paths forward if the bill cannot overcome a filibuster.

“You know, Senator Blackburn, your colleague, Senator Scott I asked him about eliminating the filibuster,” McEnany said.

“He said that he would be open to maybe a carve out for specific legislation, maybe attaching it to a spending bill, something, because this is that important. Where do you stand?”

“And one of the things that we have discussed and Rick Scott, Senator Scott leads our conservative group, our steering committee in the Senate, and we have talked about, maybe we use it for the appropriations bill so you don’t get into the shutdown fights,” Blackburn said.

She added that preserving election integrity and preventing federal overreach were central concerns.

The conversation concluded with discussion of the broader budget fight and an expected resolution to the government shutdown.

“Indeed, and it is so vitally important that in passing these appropriations bills Kayleigh, we have moved from the Biden covid era budget to the Trump Republican budget,” Blackburn said.

“And for the first time in decades, we are bending the curve for spending, we’re bending it down. That is really a big step to put us on the path to doing more, cutting, more elimination, more rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, and really tackling this in the manner that President Donald Trump has set forth.”

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