While Senate Majority Leader John Thune continues to hem and haw about advancing President Trump's SAVE America Act, his own home state just delivered a masterclass in leadership by passing their own version of the critical election integrity legislation.
The South Dakota House of Representatives passed SB 175 on Wednesday, a bill that mirrors the federal SAVE America Act's core provisions requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration. The move comes as grassroots conservatives grow increasingly frustrated with Thune's apparent reluctance to prioritize the President's signature election security measure.
This is exactly the kind of swamp behavior that Trump supporters warned about when establishment Republicans like Thune ascended to leadership positions. Here you have a state legislature—led by actual America First patriots—showing more backbone on election integrity than the supposed "leader" of the Republican Senate majority.
South Dakota Shows Real Leadership
SB 175 would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship before allowing anyone to register to vote in South Dakota elections. It's common-sense legislation that should have been passed decades ago, but Democrats and their RINO allies have blocked similar measures at every turn.
The fact that South Dakota legislators felt compelled to act on their own speaks volumes about Thune's failure to deliver on Trump's priorities. Patriots in his home state are clearly tired of waiting for their Senator to find his spine.
"While Thune plays politics in Washington, South Dakota is actually doing something to protect our elections," one conservative activist told sources familiar with the situation.
This embarrassing episode perfectly illustrates why so many MAGA supporters opposed Thune's ascension to Majority Leader in the first place. When your own state legislature has to step in and do your job for you, maybe it's time to reconsider whether you're the right person for the position.
President Trump ran on election integrity, and the American people delivered him a mandate to secure our voting systems. Yet here we are, weeks into his second term, watching establishment Republicans like Thune slow-walk the very reforms that could prevent future election shenanigans.
How long will conservatives have to wait for Thune to stop making excuses and start delivering results for the America First agenda?