On Capitol Hill this week, President Donald Trump erupted in what one Republican described as 'blind rage' during a closed-door lunch with GOP senators in Washington, tearing into his own party over their refusal to pass his flagship elections bill, the Save America Act. The confrontation, which took place in the US Senate, saw Trump clash directly with senior Republicans as he demanded support for legislation that would require all voters to show identification and proof of US citizenship before casting a ballot.
The Save America Act has already been approved by the House of Representatives but has stalled in the Senate, where a number of Republicans are wary of backing a measure that, critics say, undermines the constitutional authority of the 50 states to run their own elections. Democrats have lined up firmly against it, arguing the bill is a thinly veiled attempt to make voting harder for minority communities and other groups more likely to vote Democratic.
