Schumer Rejects GOP Proposal

By
Jennifer Gray
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Well, here we go again—another round of Chuck Schumer versus the GOP, and this time, the battle is over a short-term spending bill with an election integrity twist. Schumer’s made it crystal clear: he’s not going to let the Senate consider any funding measure that includes the GOP’s Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. Why? Because requiring proof of citizenship to vote is apparently “Republican extremism” in his book. Seriously?

Schumer says he’s all about bipartisanship, but only as long as it aligns with his agenda. In his letter to fellow Democrats, he warned that without a deal, we could be staring down the barrel of a government shutdown by the end of September. The usual suspects like healthcare, veterans’ benefits, and border security (ironic, right?) are all at stake. Of course, it’s not like Republicans don’t want to fund those things. They just want to ensure the people voting in federal elections are actually citizens. Radical idea, I know.

But Schumer and his pal Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Patty Murray are having none of it. They’ve flat-out rejected the House GOP’s attempt to pair the spending extension with the SAVE Act. The act itself? It’s a pretty straightforward bill that says, “Hey, if you want to vote, prove you’re a citizen.” It’s not exactly rocket science. But Schumer and the Democrats aren’t budging. Apparently, asking for voter integrity is too partisan for them.

I guess he hasn’t seen what’s happening in Colorado right now, where illegal immigrant Venezuelan gangs have taken over. Or maybe he should tell that to the families of all the women who have been brutally rapped and/or murdered these past couple of years by illegal immigrants. But according to Murphey, you’re safer in their hands over your fellow Americans. Ridiculous.

Over in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson is sticking to his guns, saying the GOP proposal “has a lot of merit.” And why shouldn’t it? After all, they’ve already passed the SAVE Act in the House with bipartisan support. But Schumer, along with the Biden administration, isn’t interested. They claim the bill creates unnecessary burdens on voters—though how verifying citizenship became an undue burden is anyone’s guess.

Senator Rick Scott fired back, pointing out the absurdity of Schumer’s stance. He rightly noted that by Schumer’s logic, every Democrat must be perfectly fine with noncitizens voting in U.S. elections. Let that sink in for a minute. When did protecting the integrity of our elections become “extremism”?

Scott stated that the top Democrat “thinks that preventing illegal immigrants from voting is ‘Republican extremism.’ That means that every Democrat supports allowing illegal immigrants to vote. This is insane, a threat to democracy, and must be fixed by passing the SAVE Act.”

And here’s the kicker—Democrats want the short-term spending bill to extend only until mid-December, right around the time Kamala Harris, if she wins in November, would be dealing with her first budget deadline. Funny how that works, right? Meanwhile, House Republicans are pushing for a longer extension to keep the Democrats from slipping in an omnibus bill to undercut a potential second Trump term.

The bottom line? Schumer and the Democrats are playing politics, holding the budget hostage while refusing even the most basic measures to ensure election integrity. The question is, how long will they keep this game going before the American people demand some common sense?

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