{"id":2565699,"date":"2026-02-06T08:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-might-try-to-smother-the-save-act-to-spite-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:15:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:15:54","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-might-try-to-smother-the-save-act-to-spite-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-might-try-to-smother-the-save-act-to-spite-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell Might Try To Smother SAVE Act To Spite Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitch-mcconnell-might-try-to-smother-the-save-act-to-spite-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2565699&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article examines the political fight over election-integrity legislation, centering on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s reported reluctance to advance the SAVE Act as House Republicans push for greater voting-security requirements. It describes the SAVE Act as requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to vote, with an expanded SAVE America Act adding a voter ID requirement. Supporters argue the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >measures reflect broad public backing<\/a> for election security,pointing to polls showing strong citizen-ID support,while opponents,including Democrats,warn that such requirements could disenfranchise voters and label the proposals as discriminatory.<\/p>\n<p>Key points include:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The House has passed versions of the bill, but McConnell and the Senate have slowed or blocked action, despite a large number of GOP cosponsors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Republicans argue the Constitution allows Congress to regulate elections and that current law leaves room for strengthening voter verification; Democrats counter that these measures threaten access to the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece frames the debate in constitutional terms, referencing the Elections Clause, the National Voter Registration Act, and the Federal Election Campaign Act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It contrasts current efforts with earlier Democratic attempts to nationalize elections (notably HR 1\/The For the Peopel Act) and discusses procedural options such as possible filibuster strategies to force a floor vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Public statements from Republicans (like Chip Roy and Mike Lee) push for an immediate floor vote and passage, while Democrats, led by chuck Schumer, oppose the measures, arguing they would hinder participation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the piece notes political dynamics around McConnell\u2019s health and leadership, the role of Republican leadership in moving or stalling the bill, and the broader question of whether election integrity or nationalization of elections is at stake.<\/p>\n<p>the article portrays a contentious, polarized fight over how to ensure election integrity, with the SAVE Act at the center and debate over constitutional authority, political strategy, and the potential impact on voters. The author is Matt Kittle, a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-66665682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">glitching Mitch<\/a> appears to be glitching again. Is his Trump hate showing?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As Sen. Mitch McConnell prepares to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/mitch-mcconnell-announces-retire-ending-decadeslong-senate-career-rcna182833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ride off<\/a> into the congressional sunset, the Kentucky Republican is said to be sticking it to President Donald Trump one more time. And the sticking this time, not surprisingly, involves one of Trump&rsquo;s most urgent concerns: election integrity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oh, yeah, that&rsquo;s what McConnell is doing. Personally speaking, I think it still stems from Jan. 6 (2021 Capitol riots),&rdquo; a top congressional aide told The Federalist on Thursday afternoon, as the battle over the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/05\/mike-pick-me-pences-opposition-to-the-save-act-is-dishonest-and-constitutionally-illiterate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAVE Act<\/a> ground down to trench warfare.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Of course, Trump hasn&rsquo;t had nice things to say about McConnell, and vice versa, but I think it&rsquo;s personal, no matter what (McConnell) says,&rdquo; the aide added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 83-year-old Majority Leader&rsquo;s latest trip to the hospital this week for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/02\/03\/congress\/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-00763670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> &ldquo;flu-like&rdquo; symptoms<\/a> has slowed the pace even more so on whatever version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act<\/a>(SAVE Act) the listless GOP majority believes can squeak through. But McConnell&rsquo;s intransigence on a bill that humbly asks for proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in U.S. elections has been felt over the nearly 300 days since the Republican-controlled House passed the measure.<\/p>\n<p>To say House Republicans have had it, doesn&rsquo;t quite say enough.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just sent a letter to Mitch McConnell asking his committee to stop stalling the SAVE Act,&rdquo; Texas Rep. Brandon Gill wrote on X earlier this week. &ldquo;The House did its job. The Senate needs to do theirs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>I just sent a letter to Mitch McConnell asking his committee to stop stalling the SAVE Act.<br \/>&#8304;83% of Americans want proof of citizenship to vote, yet the Senate has done nothing for 300 days.<\/p>\n<p>The House did its job. The Senate needs to do theirs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n4ynOgVaBL\">pic.twitter.com\/n4ynOgVaBL<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Congressman Brandon Gill (@RepBrandonGill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBrandonGill\/status\/2018407466627731468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The letter, signed by Republican Study Committee members, reminds McConnell, chairman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, that he has &ldquo;unique authority to add this critical legislation to the markup calendar and advance it to the Senate floor for a vote.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the 2026 midterm elections are swiftly approaching, Congress cannot afford to delay the consideration of critical legislation that will assure the trustworthiness of our elections,&rdquo; Gill warned. The Texas congressman notes that 48 of McConnell&rsquo;s Republican Senate colleagues &mdash; a super majority of the Republican Senate Conference &mdash; have cosponsored the legislation. The Kentucky Republican is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/128\/cosponsors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not one of them<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Thune Must Bring It&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Dealing with what Lincoln called <a href=\"https:\/\/thehighgroundatgettysburg.org\/the-mcclellan-mistake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;a case of the slows&rdquo;<\/a>, The authors of the SAVE Act have introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lee.senate.gov\/2026\/1\/senator-mike-lee-introduces-save-america-act-with-congressman-chip-roy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAVE America Act<\/a>, which adds a voter identification requirement to the original measure. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., last week <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/29\/as-save-act-stalls-in-the-senate-house-proposes-even-more-robust-election-reforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the provision requiring voters present an eligible photo ID before casting their ballots would come to the floor &ldquo;at some point.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who co-authored the SAVE America Act with Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, said the House will take up the &ldquo;improved version&rdquo; of the bill next week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once the bill passes the House, Leader Thune must bring it to the Senate floor and force Democrats to explain why they oppose securing our elections,&rdquo; Roy <a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-roys-save-america-act-hit-house-floor-next-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>&#128680;&#128680; The overwhelming majority of Americans support proof of citizenship to vote. This isn&#8217;t complicated, this is common sense. <\/p>\n<p>The mandate is clear: we must secure our elections so ONLY American citizens can impact the outcome. <\/p>\n<p>PASS THE SAVE ACT! Let&#8217;s get this to President&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5NkevKMDUR\">pic.twitter.com\/5NkevKMDUR<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Republican Study Committee (@RepublicanStudy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepublicanStudy\/status\/2019499447676465523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As proponents note, Americans overwhelmingly support voter ID and proof of citizenship to vote in U.S. elections. More than four-fifths of American voters favor citizenship vetting, according to a 2024 Gallup poll. And 84 percent support photo ID in elections.<\/p>\n<p>So what&rsquo;s the hold up? Democrats. And Republicans. And the stately and slower-than-molasses body known as the U.S. Senate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Everything We Can&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Democrats didn&rsquo;t want anything to do with the SAVE Act, and they don&rsquo;t want anything to do with the SAVE America Act. Not surprising. They don&rsquo;t want anything to do with election integrity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, who has so often behaved abominably, called it &ldquo;an abomination&rdquo; and &ldquo;Jim Crow 2.0.&rdquo; Democrats&nbsp; claim that photo ID and documentary proof of citizenship would disenfranchise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/the-save-act-would-disenfranchise-millions-of-citizens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;millions of voters.&rdquo;<\/a> It doesn&rsquo;t. It wouldn&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are going to do everything we can to stop it,&rdquo; Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/senate-republicans-clash-filibuster-trump-backed-voter-id-bill-rcna257431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That kind of passionate opposition to election integrity tells you everything you need to know about the Democratic Party of 2026. To fight this hard against a bill that would make it absolutely clear that foreign nationals cannot vote in federal elections? Why? Because they want foreign nationals to vote in federal elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/12\/22\/noncitizen-says-she-voted-in-multiple-georgia-elections-they-gave-me-a-paper-to-sign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noncitizens do vote in U.S. elections<\/a>, and thousands of ineligible voters have been found on state <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/21\/tx-finds-2700-potential-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-after-trump-opens-access-to-database\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voter rolls<\/a> across the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Nationalizing&rsquo; Elections<\/h2>\n<p>Democrats in recent days have seized on what they believe is a winning message to sink the election-integrity efforts that most Americans say they want. Appearing Monday on former FBI deputy director Dan Bongino&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/factbase\/trump\/transcript\/donald-trump-interview-dan-bongino-podcast-february-2-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">podcast,<\/a> Trump expressed his long-held frustration about the swing states that were central to 2020&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/2025-03-25_testimony_hemingway.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rigged<\/a> presidential election. The president said Republicans should &ldquo;nationalize the voting&rdquo; in state&rsquo;s notorious for election shenanigans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He didn&rsquo;t back away from his comments on Tuesday at a signing ceremony in the Oval Office. Prominent Republicans stood behind Trump at the event as he took questions from the media.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to see elections be honest, and if a state can&rsquo;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">run an election<\/a>, I think the people behind me should do something about it,&rdquo; the president said referring to the Republican lawmakers. The people behind him, for instance, could write and pass laws that truly make it &ldquo;easy to vote, but hard to cheat.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;If you have 51 people on the floor of the Senate doing their job, they can demand a vote on any measure.&rdquo; Chip Roy is spot on &ndash; and it&rsquo;s really that simple. The Senate must vote on the SAVE Act &ndash; along with other no-brainer bills, like eliminating Central Bank Digital Currency. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t9NXuSaStX\">https:\/\/t.co\/t9NXuSaStX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Scott Perry (@RepScottPerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepScottPerry\/status\/2014029459364405514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Democrats pounded their chests, insisting that the guy they&rsquo;ve labeled the biggest &ldquo;threat to democracy&rdquo; wanted to rip out the constitution&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/browse\/article-1\/section-4\/clause-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">election clause <\/a>and take away the states&rsquo; authority to administer elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It seems they have forgotten how they tried to &ldquo;nationalize&rdquo; elections when they were in power.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first bill that then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi rolled out in 2021 was <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats-cha.house.gov\/hr-1-people-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HR 1<\/a>, a 900-page behemoth that would have the federal government take over federal elections. The &ldquo;For the People Act,&rdquo; as the legislation was banally dubbed, would have banned voter ID across the country. It would have barred states from routinely cleaning their voter rolls and, laughably enough, the People Act would have ended &ldquo;partisan gerrymandering to prevent politicians from picking their voters&rdquo; &mdash; you know, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-supreme-court-allows-pro-democratic-california-voting-map-2026-02-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California<\/a> just did.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;A Constitutional Issue&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>But the same people lecturing Trump about the Constitution clearly haven&rsquo;t read it. The Elections Clause states, &ldquo;The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Congress has passed laws making or altering the regulations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom, said the SAVE Act simply fixes a flawed section of a national election law &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/the%20https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\/national-voter-registration-act-1993-nvra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Voter Registration Act of 1993<\/a> bars states from requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship up registering to vote. Instead, state have to accept a glorified <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/foreign-nationals-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">honor system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The bill [the SAVE Act] isn&rsquo;t invading the province of the state, it&rsquo;s fixing this problem,&rdquo; von Spakovsky said Thursday in an interview with The Federalist. Requiring proof of citizenship affects aliens, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-ripped-for-bizarre-distortion-of-clarence-thomas-dissent-in-pa-election-case\/\" title=\"CNN Ripped For \u2018Bizarre Distortion\u2019 Of Clarence Thomas Dissent In PA ... Case\">election law expert<\/a> said, and the constitution gives Congress 100 percent authority over aliens and naturalization.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/help-candidates-and-committees\/foreign-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federal Election Campaign Act<\/a> (FECA) of 1971, another nationalizing of election administration, if you will. The law bans foreign nationals from making contributions &ldquo;in connection with any federal, state or local election.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yet, congressional Republicans shrunk into the shadows like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/79S6bswOYLI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Costanza in the pool<\/a> when pressed on Trump&rsquo;s comments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not in favor of federalizing elections, no. I think that&rsquo;s a constitutional issue,&rdquo; Thune told reporters. Is he in favor of a federal election law that keeps noncitizens from voting in federal elections?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Make Them Work for It&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>If any version of the SAVE Act makes it to the Senate floor, Democrats would kill it through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/about\/powers-procedures\/filibusters-cloture.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cloture<\/a>. Standing alone, the bill would need 60 votes to survive final Senate action. Republicans have 53.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But there might just be a way to get around the filibuster threat. The majority could bypass the so-called &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/blog\/filibustering-in-the-modern-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">silent filibuster&rdquo;<\/a> and make Democrats into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/politics\/2026\/02\/03\/mike-lee-get-vote-save-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;talking filibuster,&rdquo;<\/a> the old-school mechanism to grind a bill to a halt to avoid a simple-majority vote. If done right, proponents of the strategy say, Democrats would eventually run out of time should they pull a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/09\/06\/how-cory-bookers-spartacus-moment-fizzled-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Spartacus&rdquo;<\/a> (aka Sen. Cory Booker) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/04\/04\/nx-s1-5349305\/filibuster-word-history-booker-speech\">stunt<\/a> and drone on for a day straight. With 47 Senate Democrats, the &ldquo;talking filibuster&rdquo; could take a mighty long time, without restrictions. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Force them to do that rather than the current procedure,&rdquo; von Spakovsky said. &ldquo;Make them work for it, make them justify to the American people why they are against this.&rdquo; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Which leads us back to the clincher. The SAVE Act won&rsquo;t have a chance if it&rsquo;s killed in the cradle, if McConnell decides to sit on it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is ZERO excuse for blocking the SAVE Act.,&rdquo; Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMaryMiller\/status\/2018415995690340671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X. &ldquo;Mitch McConnell &mdash; let it out of committee and get it DONE.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-knew-100-percent-he-was-fighting-for-the-little-guy-former-top-trump-economic-adviser\/\" title=\"... Knew \u2018100 Percent\u2019 He Was \u2018Fighting for the Little Guy\u2019: Former Top ... Economic Adviser\">award-winning investigative reporter<\/a> and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McConnell clashes with Trump over election integrity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2565700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-06-at-12.23.03-AM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[72704,41837,3634],"class_list":["post-2565699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-mitchmcconnell","tag-saveact","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-06-at-12.23.03-AM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2565699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2565704,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565699\/revisions\/2565704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2565700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2565699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2565699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2565699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}