Mike Murphy

CBS News Poll: Do you favor or oppose requiring people to show valid photo ID before they are permitted to vote? 🟢 Favor: 80% 🟤 Oppose: 20% —— • Dem: 65-35 (+30) • GOP: 95-5 (+90) • Indie: 79-21 (+58) • White: 80-20 (+60) • Black: 80-20 (+60) • Hispanic: 77-23 (+55) YouGov | 3/16-19 | 2,496 A

The conversation needs to shift from: “Why isn’t John Thune bringing the SAVE America Act to a vote?” To “Why is John Thune the majority leader?”

Talking filibuster: literally just the filibuster Silent filibuster: an addendum they made up to avoid uncomfortable votes.

🚨 BREAKING: Sen. Josh Hawley just pushed for a CRIMINAL INDICTMENT against Minnesota AG Keith Ellison because he tried HELPING fraudster avoid being caught "You took $10,000 from them 9 days after the meeting!" "YOU helped fraudsters defraud the state of $9B, and you got a FAT campaign contribution out of it! You ought to be INDICTED!" "They BEGGED you to help them — and YOU AGREED TO IT! It's ALL ON TAPE." "You said: send me the names of these folks investigating them. YOU SAID IT. 'I'll take the list, call the person at Education, and say, what's going on?!'" "They CAME to you asking for help getting investigators off their backs!" "Why'd you do it, why'd you help them?!" ELLISON: "I didn't do it!" HAWLEY: "That's not you? Is that a ventriloquist?! BS!" He's right, Ellison MUST be held accountable!

Want to know how we got here—with Schumer trying to defund ICE and DHS unless we hogtie their ability to enforce immigration law? Senate Democrats used the Zombie Filibuster to seize the control panel the Senate—at a time when Republicans hold the majority Many insist that we had no choice but to give them the wheel (or the pen) because “we can’t pass a bill without 60 votes” and we have only 53 Republicans That oft-repeated mantra—which so many of us (myself included) believed for years—is built on a lie It’s a lie backed up by a desire to make the Senate function comfortably—in some ways more like a retirement home than a hard-charging legislative body Today’s Senate is often described—mostly by its own members—as “the world’s greatest deliberative body” That self-congratulatory title is one that the Senate once earned and deserved, but can no longer truthfully claim without violating even the most lenient truth-in-advertising standards Sure, it takes 60 votes to bring debate to a close But that’s not the only way to end a filibuster Another method exists—one that doesn’t depend on the 60-vote cloture rule—it just hasn’t been used in a long time It involves exhausting senators who want to filibuster—by making them actually speak Schumer and the Senate Democrats achieved sweeping wins with this spending package, coercing many Republicans to go along with them, without actually filibustering Or even having to speak Or even spend more than a few seconds on the Senate floor This, of course, is 🦇💩 🤪 Americans have had it with this game—because it sucks It’s time to Make Elections Matter Again It’s time to Make America’s Borders Enforceable Again It’s time, my fellow Americans, to Make Our Senators Speak Again Down with the Zombie Filibuster Restore the Talking Filibuster Please ask where your senators stand on this—and let them know your take!

🚨 BREAKING: Leader John Thune says he might NOT be able to allow a standing filibuster to pass voter ID and citizenship for elections because they don't have enough time "We'll TALK about that IDEA and determine how they want to proceed." "We will vote on the SAVE Act — but a talking filibuster has ramifications everybody needs to be aware of." "We will have those discussions. That would tie the floor up, with unlimited debate and amendments." "We have a lot we have to do." 80% SUPPORT THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.

🚨 BREAKING: Deputy AG Todd Blanche just confirmed there is an INTENTIONAL DISTRACTION going on in Minnesota As soon as the fraud scandal blew up with Nick Shirley and others in Minnesota — "Suddenly, IT TURNED, on a dime, all about ICE." "We have a massive underground fraud network operating in Minneapolis, and we had a very strong pushback, very strong pushback, when we raised our hands and said stop." "And so, yes, we have multiple investigations going on. We sent prosecutors from Justice. We sent prosecutors from other U.S. Attorney's offices all over the country. And we're making progress every day!"