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MAGA Melts Down at RINO Republicans Over Trump Sabotage

The president’s base is taking aim at at “establishment” Republicans.

Donald Trump’s MAGA base is having a meltdown over his doomed push to restrict voting ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

For months, the president has been demanding that Senate Republicans pass his flagship election bill, which would impose new proof-of-citizenship rules and other requirements that critics say could make it more difficult for eligible Americans to vote.

But with Senate Majority Leader John Thune acknowledging the party doesn’t have the numbers to pass the so-called SAVE Act—or abolish the filibuster to get it over the line—MAGA world has erupted into the blame game, taking aim at “establishment” Republicans for thwarting Trump’s agenda.

The old school Republicans are often referred to as RINOs, as in Republicans In Name Only.

Conservative lawyer Mike Davis described Thune as “a pussy” who was hiding behind the need to get 60 votes in order to pass the bill, when he believed it could proceed with a simple majority requiring just 51 votes.

“Cancel August recess, force Democrats to debate, and do your damn job,” he said on Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast, claiming that Vice President JD Vance could be the casting vote in the event of a 50-50 deadlock.

Bannon also unloaded on Republicans, blasting House lawmakers for leaving Washington while accusing the party of failing to match Trump’s “urgency” and “intensity”.

Right-wing activist Scott Presler, a prominent member of the “Stop the Steal” movement, threatened to primary any Republican who got in the way of the bill being passed.

“Any Senator who votes FOR the August recess is voting AGAINST the SAVE America Act,” he declared.

And jailed election-denier Tina Peters, who was recently commuted after Trump called for months to set her free, put out the wildest post of all.

It was made entirely of numbers which, when decoded, apparently translated to: “Get rid of the machines, save our country!”

With the midterms in 97 days, Trump and his allies argue that the SAVE Act would bolster election integrity, while critics say it would make voting more difficult for eligible voters and disenfranchise millions of people lacking access to the required documentation.

This week, the 80-year-old president even erupted at Thune, demanding that he should not allow Senate Republicans to take a vacation during the August recess and stay in Washington until the bill passed.

Asked on Wednesday if Thune was still “the man for the job,” Trump replied ominously: “We’re going to find out. I’ll let you know.”

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“John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ‘leave town’ until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER, where Republicans can then quickly pass everything they ever dreamed of, including a full and deep throated SAVE AMERICA ACT, the Budget, and the ever looming Debt Ceiling disaster, 1929!” Trump ranted on Truth Social on Monday.

Thune, meanwhile, has repeatedly had to bring Trump back to reality.

“I’m not sure I understand, exactly, what the end game is,” he said.

“I’m willing to keep people here; I’m willing to be here if there’s a potential outcome or result that comes with it. But as I said earlier, we could stay here til Christmas, but we’re not flipping 10 Democrats to vote for the Save Act. It’s just a fact, and we’re not going to nuke the filibuster.”

Speaking in the Oval Office on Wednesday, however, Trump didn’t buy it.

“That’s too bad for him and too bad for the Republican Party,” the president said. “He’s got the votes—he should get it done.”

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