Can We Talk About the So-Called Talking Filibuster and Why It Won't Save the SAVE Act?
Duane Patterson 4:35 PM | March 12, 2026
Let me begin by putting all my cards face-up on the table. No one wishes the SAVE Act, requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and a photo-ID in order to cast a ballot, to become law more than I. Currently, in my home state of California, it's actually illegal here to both ask for ID at polling places and to show ID. Elections are held open for weeks until enough stray mail-in ballots, which for some reason break for Democrats every single time, flow in to swing a total that at one point showed promise of sanity in the Golden State.
The argument against the SAVE Act is one of the more absurd cases to make, and it has not resonated at all with the American public, regardless of political party. CNN's Harry Enten polled it again and found that it's still very much a popular idea across the entire electorate.
President Trump said yesterday on the White House lawn that the SAVE Act is probably the most popular piece of legislation he's submitted to Congress, and he's correct.
So what's the hang-up? Why are online influencers on the right so ticked off that they are beginning to wish Vice-President J.D. Vance would step in and relieve Majority Leader John Thune of duty? That's where it gets tricky.
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