{"id":2635936,"date":"2026-07-27T11:21:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-save-america-act-fails-we-are-broken-as-a-government-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T11:24:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:24:39","slug":"if-save-america-act-fails-we-are-broken-as-a-government-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-save-america-act-fails-we-are-broken-as-a-government-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"If SAVE America Act fails, &#8216;we are broken as a government&#8217;: Joe Concha"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fif-save-america-act-fails-we-are-broken-as-a-government-joe-concha%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=2635936&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>Joe Concha of the Washington Examiner warns that the failure too pass the SAVE America Act signals a dysfunctional government. The bill, supported by Trump, aims to require proof of U.S.citizenship and valid ID for voter registration. Despite broad support across parties,it faces opposition from most Democrats and some Republican senators,which could negatively impact midterm elections. Concha emphasizes that support for voter ID is widespread, and its rejection may hurt Republican prospects. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backers-effort-to-recall-wisconsin-gop-leader-fails-but-more-challenges-lie-ahead\/\" title=\"... ...ers&#039; attempt to remove Wisconsin GOP leader unsuccessful, facing future hurdles\">highlights ongoing issues<\/a> like voter roll errors, such as New Jersey\u2019s mistake involving noncitizens. Concha argues that if the bill doesn&#8217;t pass, it reflects a broken government, despite widespread public backing for common-sense voting reforms.Trump is reportedly willing to assist Senate efforts to pass the bill.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>columnist<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\"> Joe Concha<\/a> warned that if the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/save-america-act\/\">SAVE America Act<\/a> does not pass, \u201cwe are broken as a government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha noted that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4662825\/trump-help-thune-whip-senate-votes-save-america-act\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said Congress needs to \u201cblow up the filibuster\u201d to pass the SAVE America Act, arguing that even with a simple majority, there still are not enough votes.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4664217\/joe-concha-save-america-act\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>If SAVE America Act fails, \u2018we are broken as a government\u2019: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4663998\/marjorie-taylor-greene-fox-news-fetterman-republican\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Marjorie Taylor Greene says Fox News is making Fetterman seem like he\u2019s \u2018almost a Republican\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4663976\/2026-map-favorable-gop-2018-map-redistricting-sabato\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>2026 map is as favorable to GOP as 2018 map after redistricting: Sabato<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMost Republicans are behind this, all Democrats are against it, and the problem is that you just don\u2019t know if [Sens. Mitch] McConnell, or [Thom] Tillis, or [Susan] Collins, or [Lisa] Murkowski can be swayed,\u201d Concha said Sunday on Fox News\u2019s <em>Fox Report With Jon Scott<\/em>. \u201cIf the SAVE America Act cannot be passed despite having the Congress, the Senate, and the White House, that\u2019s going to depress turnout.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SAVE America Act would require people to provide proof of U.S. citizenship and a valid form of identification when registering to vote. The bill emerged\u00a0as a major legislative priority for Trump, though its prospects in the Senate remain uncertain.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%; max-width: 640px; min-height: 180px; max-height: 360px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3646902&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=9421&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=2b4281f56ab590e3abf1cd28d68436f3\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha said support for voter ID transcends party lines, cautioning that its failure could hurt Republicans in the midterm elections. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot just Republican voters, Democrat voters, independent voters, the majority there as well want voter ID but yet it can\u2019t pass because four senators on the Republican side who still can\u2019t give any good reason why they are against this bill,\u201d Concha said. \u201cBut if it doesn\u2019t pass, Republicans are going to have a very bad night when it comes to the midterms in November, that we do know.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha pointed out that no Democrat has broken ranks on the bill, singling out Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4663998\/marjorie-taylor-greene-fox-news-fetterman-republican\/\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) despite his reputation for centrism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDemocrats are staunchly against this,\u201d Concha said. \u201cAll of them, not one breaking away. Even John Fetterman, who seemed to be more of a common-sense person on the Democratic side, even he would not vote for the SAVE America Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4662825\/trump-help-thune-whip-senate-votes-save-america-act\/\"><strong>TRUMP \u2018WILLING\u2019 TO HELP THUNE WHIP SENATE VOTES ON SAVE AMERICA ACT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha also referenced <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4657284\/sherrill-remove-6000-noncitizens-voter-rolls-dmv-error\/\">New Jersey\u2019s voter rolls<\/a> disclosure under Gov.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mikie-sherrill\/\"> <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4661732\/new-jersey-mikie-sherrill-voter-records-data-breaches-doj-fight-for-noncitizen-identifiers\/\">Mikie Sherrill<\/a> (D-NJ), after a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >software error mistakenly registered 6<\/a>,600 self-identified noncitizens as voters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf this does not pass, we are broken as a government,\u201d Concha said. \u201cThis is something almost every American wants yet isn\u2019t getting because obviously there are midterms coming up and therefore everybody\u2019s digging in, and no one seems to be not being swayed at this point to vote for something that most Americans say is common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Concha warns: Without the SAVE Act, government is broken<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2635937,"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\/07\/AP26177451527659-e1785163136650.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4402,5045,52093,4762,5894],"class_list":["post-2635936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congress","tag-government","tag-joe-concha","tag-legislation","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26177451527659-e1785163136650.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635936","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\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2635936"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2635940,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635936\/revisions\/2635940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2635937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2635936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2635936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2635936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}