Grand Theft America / Receipt power-2026-07-03-128
Trump: end the filibuster, pass the SAVE America Act, and “we will not lose an election for a hundred years”
In an Independence-eve address at Mount Rushmore, Trump said that with the filibuster terminated and the SAVE America Act passed, “we will not lose an election for a hundred years” — tying the bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to a century of electoral advantage, in his own words.
What happened
Speaking at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota on the night of Friday, July 3, 2026 — the eve of the nation’s 250th Independence Day — Trump told the crowd: “But if we terminate the filibuster as we should do and immediately vote for the SAVE America Act then we will not lose an election for a hundred years.” The bill he named — the SAVE America Act — would require all voters to prove their United States citizenship when they register and to show identification at the polls. Roll Call’s transcript of the address carries the sentence in full, and the White House published video of the remarks.
Why it matters
A president saying on camera that one bill and one rules change mean his party will not lose an election for a hundred years is a declared goal for the machinery of elections, stated in his own words. The record logs stated intentions as acts in their own right, to the same standard as the actions that carry them out.
Receipt details
- Phase 3
- Capture the machinery of the vote
- Restrict how and when people can vote
