{"id":2582976,"date":"2026-03-23T15:58:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tells-senate-to-attach-voter-id-to-dhs-funding-for-jesus\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:01:05","slug":"trump-tells-senate-to-attach-voter-id-to-dhs-funding-for-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tells-senate-to-attach-voter-id-to-dhs-funding-for-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tells Senate to attach voter ID to DHS funding &#8216;for Jesus&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Ftrump-tells-senate-to-attach-voter-id-to-dhs-funding-for-jesus%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=2582976&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>President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans to attach voter-identification requirements to any funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, arguing that DHS funding should be tied to photo IDs and proof of citizenship. speaking at a Memphis Safe Task Force Roundtable, he said Republicans should cancel their upcoming recess if necessary to secure a deal and urged lawmakers to \u201cMake this one for Jesus.\u201d He demanded that the SAVE America Act be bundled with any DHS funding and criticized Democrats who oppose it. The DHS has been effectively shut down since mid-Febuary due to the stalemate over funding.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump tells Senate to attach voter ID to DHS funding &lsquo;for Jesus&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2541008\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> reupped his call for voter identification to be included in any deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, telling <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/senate\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"84\">Senate<\/a> Republicans to cancel their upcoming recess if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Monday during a Safe Task Force Roundtable in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/memphis\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2195\">Memphis<\/a>, Tennessee, that any funding for the DHS should be tied to voter identification, including photo requirements and proof of citizenship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4500462\/trump-kennedy-center-lawsuit-preservationists-legacy-in-peril\/\">Trump sued over Kennedy Center plans as preservationists warn legacy &#8216;in peril&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4500078\/watch-live-trump-memphis-safe-task-force-roundtable\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump participates in Memphis Safe Task Force roundtable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4500222\/trump-national-guard-assist-tsa-amid-shutdown\/\">Trump may deploy National Guard to assist TSA amid shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It should be part of the homeland security bill, and I&rsquo;m requesting that the Republican senators do that immediately,&rdquo; Trump said during his remarks. &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t have to take a fast vote. Don&rsquo;t worry about Easter going home. In fact, make this one for Jesus, OK? Make this one for Jesus.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Senate is expected to break for a two-week recess starting Friday to observe Passover and Easter. However, GOP leaders and Trump have floated canceling the break if Congress cannot reach a deal to fund the DHS.<\/p>\n<p>Trump demanded over the weekend that the SAVE America Act, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-protest-election-integrity-bill-inside-georgia-state-capitol-clash-with-police\/\" title=\"Democrats Protest Election Integrity Bill Inside Georgia State Capitol, Clash With Pol...\">election integrity bill<\/a>, be attached to any deal to fund the DHS, complicating Senate negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think we should make any deal with the Crazy, Country Destroying, Radical Left Democrats unless, and until, they Vote with Republicans to pass &lsquo;THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,&#8217;&rdquo; Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social on Sunday. &ldquo;Put it all together, and also, let Leader Thune clearly identify those few &lsquo;Republicans&rsquo; that are Voting against AMERICA. They will never be elected again! In other words, lump everything together as one, and VOTE!!! Kill the Filibuster, and stay in D.C. for Easter, if necessary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4500051\/rnc-court-battles-election-integrity-voter-id\/\"><strong>RNC BETS ON COURTS TO ENACT VOTER INTEGRITY MEASURES AS SAVE AMERICA ACT STALLS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump reportedly rejected a deal brought to him by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) that would fund everything within the DHS except ICE, which could be addressed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >party-line budget process<\/a> known as reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>The DHS has been shut down since Feb. 14, after Congress failed to reach a deal to fund the agency due to Democratic opposition over Trump&rsquo;s use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota, which resulted in the deaths of two U.S. citizens. The operations involved ICE officers who were sent to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-asks-ice-officers-not-to-wear-masks-while-deployed-to-airports\/\" title=\"... asks ... off...rs not to wear masks while deployed to airports\">state amid reports<\/a> of fraudulent activity in the Somali community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump ties DHS funding to voter ID, &#8216;for Jesus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2582977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26082604295221.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[72960,3634,72761],"class_list":["post-2582976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-dhs-funding-2","tag-trump","tag-voter-id-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26082604295221.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582976","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\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582976"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582980,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582976\/revisions\/2582980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}