(CNBC) Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said congressional Republicans should pursue a government shutdown if they cannot attach a hard-line voting bill to the temporary funding resolution that would keep the government open.
“If Republicans in the House, and Senate, don’t get absolute assurances on Election Security, THEY SHOULD, IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, GO FORWARD WITH A CONTINUING RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET,” the Republican presidential nominee wrote in a Truth Social post.
“THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO ‘STUFF’ VOTER REGISTRATIONS WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS. DON’T LET IT HAPPEN – CLOSE IT DOWN!!!”
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is currently trying to pass a six-month stopgap funding bill paired with the controversial SAVE Act, a legislative proposal that would require individuals to show proof of citizenship at the ballot box.
Congressional Democrats have repeatedly signaled they will not pass a funding bill attached to such a policy, which they see as a “poison pill,” or a controversial bill tied to a piece of legislation as a way to tank the overall deal.
“The House Republican CR is an unserious and uncooked product,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the Senate floor Tuesday. “Republicans should work with Democrats on a bipartisan package, one that has input from both sides, one that avoids harmful cuts, one that is free of poison pills.”
