‘It’s Meaningless’: Trump Waives off Iran War Vote After Shouting Match With Republicans

“Democrats, they want to lose the war because they’re stupid,” Trump said Wednesday. “That’s why we call them Dum-ocrats, you know. I no longer use the E. I use—I’ve changed the E into a U. We call them Dum-ocrats. They’re dumb.”

The Senate GOP lunch was intended to smooth tensions over the SAVE America Act, Trump’s priority legislation that would require proof of citizenship for voter registration and impose other election-related restrictions. He has repeatedly urged Senate Republicans to weaken or eliminate the filibuster to advance the measure despite insistence from Senate leaders that the votes do not exist.

Just before the lunch meeting, Trump abruptly canceled the signing of a landmark bipartisan housing bill, and announced he wouldn’t sign the bill until Congress passed the SAVE America Act. The housing bill can still pass without Trump’s signature.

Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the majority leader, has argued that the SAVE America Act doesn’t have the votes and cannot overcome Senate procedural hurdles. On Tuesday, he bluntly said that passage is “just not realistic.”