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MaddowBlog-Trump issues weird ultimatum as part of his demand for new voting restrictions
The president claims he’ll refuse to sign every bill that clears the Congress, indefinitely, until his anti-voting, anti-trans package reaches his desk.
“Trump issues weird ultimatum as part of his demand for new voting restrictions
— Redeem the soul America (@rneagle.bsky.social) 2026-03-09T20:38:17.394Z
The president claims he’ll refuse to sign every bill that clears the Congress, indefinitely, until his anti-voting, anti-trans package reaches his desk.â€
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The far-right package doesn’t have any realistic chance of success in the Senate, where it would need 60 votes to advance, though Trump apparently has a new plan in mind. After spending part of the weekend insisting that there’s a great public clamor in support of a proposal that most Americans have never heard of, the president pitched a weird new ultimatum. NPR reported:
If the president follows through on his threat, then he’ll refuse to sign into law every piece of legislation that clears the Republican-led Congress indefinitely, until his anti-voting, anti-trans package reaches his desk.
Time will tell whether Trump does intend to follow through on this threat, but if the goal is to intimidate Democratic opponents of the far-right package, the president probably ought to lower his expectations.
“The SAVE Act is Jim Crow 2.0,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in an online statement responding to Trump’s ultimatum. “It would disenfranchise tens of millions of people. If Trump is saying he won’t sign any bills until the SAVE Act is passed, then so be it: There will be total gridlock in the Senate.”
President Trump threatened to withhold his signature on all bills until Congress passes stricter federal voting requirements — a move that escalates his efforts to change election rules ahead of the 2026 midterms.
In a social media post Sunday, Trump said he won’t sign any bills into law until Congress passes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. ‘I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed,’ Trump wrote.
If the president follows through on his threat, then he’ll refuse to sign into law every piece of legislation that clears the Republican-led Congress indefinitely, until his anti-voting, anti-trans package reaches his desk.
Time will tell whether Trump does intend to follow through on this threat, but if the goal is to intimidate Democratic opponents of the far-right package, the president probably ought to lower his expectations.
“The SAVE Act is Jim Crow 2.0,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in an online statement responding to Trump’s ultimatum. “It would disenfranchise tens of millions of people. If Trump is saying he won’t sign any bills until the SAVE Act is passed, then so be it: There will be total gridlock in the Senate.”
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