U.S. President Donald Trump urged Republicans on Sunday not to negotiate any agreement with Democrats in the Senate until they approve his bill that would require proof of identity for anyone registering to vote in federal elections. «I don’t think we should make any deal with the radical left, crazy, and country-destroying Democrats unless they vote with Republicans to pass the ‘Save America Act’,» Trump wrote in a message on Truth Social. Trump has been pushing this bill for months, which he has dubbed the ‘Save America Act’, to end what he claims are widespread fraudulent practices in electoral processes, asserting, for example, that many non-U.S. citizens have voted illegally in elections. In his Truth post, the New York tycoon urges not to make any concessions, including the budget cut for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that Democrats have proposed — which Trump calls «unacceptable» in his post — to approve funding that would allow reopening the Department of Homeland Security, partially closed since February 14. To reach an agreement affecting the Department of Homeland Security, Trump demands that Democrats approve «voter ID (with a photo!)», the requirement for citizenship to vote, a ban on mail-in voting (with exceptions), the exclusive use of paper ballots», and also two requirements against transgender people that he wants to include in the ‘Save America Act’. One is the exclusion of transgender women from women's sports and the other is a ban on minors undergoing gender reassignment surgery. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives in February but continues to be debated in the Senate, where it is not yet considered to have enough support to pass. Photo EFE
