Fight For The SAVE America Act Begins LIVE Right NOW! Trump Sends Dark Warning to Senate, JD to Save

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Benny Show – "Fight For The SAVE America Act Begins LIVE Right NOW!"

Host: Benny Johnson
Guests: Senator Ron Johnson, Chip Roy, Donald Trump (quoted)
Date: March 17, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Benny Show centers on the dramatic lead-up to and live coverage of the Senate debate over the SAVE America Act (Safeguarding America Voter Eligibility Act). Benny Johnson discusses the tactics, political dynamics, and stakes surrounding the bill, which focuses on increasing election security through measures like mandatory voter ID and proof of citizenship. The episode features in-depth explanations from Senator Ron Johnson about filibuster rules, the prospects for passing the bill, and the broader fight over Senate procedure. The mood is urgent, combative, and full of commentary targeting the Washington establishment.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Senate Procedures and Filibuster Tactics

• Benny previews the expected "standing filibuster" on the Senate floor, with open debate and a marathon of speeches intended to wear down opposition ([00:26-04:32]).
• Johnson sharply criticizes bipartisan socializing among Senators as evidence of performative politics:

  "All the Democrats party with Republicans, Republicans party with Democrats...It’s so gross. It’s grotesque. I’ve seen it before. It’s all fake." — Benny Johnson [01:17]

Senator Ron Johnson’s Breakdown of Senate Rules ([15:08-24:17])

• Historical context of the filibuster: Senate once allowed unlimited debate; cloture rule introduced in 1917, watered down to a 60-vote requirement in the 1970s.
• Current dysfunction:

  "It’s a great big charade. We’re not the world’s greatest deliberative body...We’ve gone from $14 trillion up to almost $39 trillion in debt...It just shows you the dysfunction of this place." — Sen. Ron Johnson [16:44]

• Talking vs. “Zombie” Filibuster: Johnson explains why the classic talking filibuster is almost unworkable today due to infinite permissible amendments, and why real Senate control depends on rule changes or overwhelming public pressure.

2. SAVE America Act: Substance and Support

• The bill requires proof of citizenship to register for federal elections—“absolute and total common sense,” per Benny ([04:33-08:13]).
• Public Support Statistics:
  • 71% of Americans support voter ID according to a Harvard poll.
  • Up to 90% have necessary identification, “so it’s insane to say having voter ID is racist.” — Benny Johnson [05:57]
• Trump’s “Dark Warning” to Senate:
  Benny reads Trump’s message live, summarizing:

  “The SAVE act is one of the most important and consequential pieces of legislation in the history of Congress… No more rigged elections, voter ID, proof of citizenship…. A guaranteed loss [for any Senator who votes against it].” — Donald Trump (quoted by Benny) [10:03]

• Senator Mike Lee and Chip Roy are leading the charge for an endurance test on the floor, likening the battle to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

3. Strategies and Divisions within the GOP

• There is division between GOP Senators who want to end the filibuster preemptively and those who fear setting a precedent that could enable Democrats to pass radical legislation in the future.

  "There are other people in our conference…the cloture vote…has prevented all kinds of awful radical left legislation over the decades. But Democrats have signaled they’re going to end it." — Sen. Ron Johnson [21:40]

• The vote to change Senate rules requires 67 Senators; will likely need broad bipartisan support or overwhelming public pressure.
• The plan is to use the debate to highlight broad public support and put political pressure on Democrats, potentially leading to a breaking point.

4. Live Senate Debate and Prospects

• As debate begins, Senator Ron Johnson voices skepticism about exhausting Democratic amendments in a "true" talking filibuster but emphasizes the need for public pressure to motivate Senate action ([24:17-27:28]).
• Benny asks about the timeline; Johnson responds:

  "It depends on how well it goes…If we do this thoughtfully…offer amendments to not only improve [the bill], but to get the votes to pass it. What a concept, right?" [27:40]

• On duration:

  “It could, it should, it deserves [to go on for weeks]…Election integrity is the bedrock of a functioning democracy.” — Sen. Ron Johnson [29:21]

• Benny: "Nothing has ever enraptured the base like this." [30:50]

5. Notable Legislative Amendments (Sen. Ron Johnson)

• Possible additions: Ban transgender athletes in women’s sports, require parental notification for gender-related medical interventions ([18:54-19:48]).
• Ensuring any restrictions on mail-in ballots aren’t so tight they alienate Republicans in mail-in states.

6. Calls for Public Action

• Direct appeals for audience members to pressure their Senators and keep up the momentum:

  "The way to pass the Save America act is get the public pressure to do so…Hopefully enough of my colleagues will see the light. They’ll get enough pressure." — Sen. Ron Johnson [24:17, 27:28]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Benny Johnson: "Throw up your Irish Shamrocks today—we’re going to need as much luck as we possibly can get as the Senate prepares Save Act marathon live on the show." [01:24]
• Senator Ron Johnson:
  "Is it a risk? Sure. But I’m very certain that when Democrats have power, they’ll do it. They’ll turn D.C. Puerto Rico to states, they’ll pack Supreme Court…Our best chance is to get control over our election system by passing the Save America Act..." [21:09]
• Chip Roy on Senate tactics:

  "No rule change whatsoever is required…The zombie filibuster...is not a procedure that we ought to allow here, not on this bill, not where the fate of the Republic is on the line." [31:54]

• Donald Trump (on Cuba):

  “I do believe I’ll have the honor of taking Cuba. That’s a big honor.” [33:27]

• Benny Johnson (on the stakes):
  "We lose our country if we lose control of our elections." [30:50]
• Senator Ron Johnson (on the base): "It’s because our base understands how crucial this is, as President Trump does. I mean, if we don’t get control of our country, of our elections, we lose our country." [30:50]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Senate Debate/Filibuster Tactics: [00:26 – 04:32, 15:08 – 24:17]
• Trump Allies’ SAVE Act Strategy: [04:32 – 10:03]
• Trump’s Warning to Senate: [10:03 – 10:31]
• Sen. Ron Johnson's Detailed Filibuster History: [15:47 – 24:17]
• Public Pressure & GOP Strategy: [24:17 – 27:28]
• Timeline for Debate: [27:28 – 29:21]
• Closing Rally & Call to Action: [30:50 – 31:20]
• Chip Roy on Senate Rules: [31:54 – 33:06]
• Donald Trump on Cuba (Humorous Aside): [33:27 – 34:05]

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Tone & Language

The episode is highly charged, with a blend of urgency, sarcasm, and movement-style rhetoric. Benny is unfiltered, openly skeptical of Washington process and “establishment” behavior, and deeply passionate about the stakes of the debate. The language throughout is colloquial, targeting a patriotic base and aiming to impassion listeners to direct action.

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Summary

This episode serves as both a live update and a primer on the SAVE America Act, elucidating the arcane realities of Senate procedure while framing the issue as a foundational battle for the country’s future. Featuring unfiltered commentary, inside-baseball on legislative procedures, and spirited rallying cries from both Benny and Senator Ron Johnson, the show asks listeners to tune in, participate, and pressure their representatives in real time. The outcome is portrayed as pivotal for the integrity of American democracy.

Transcript

[Benny Johnson]

You shall not pass.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

No.

[Benny Johnson]

All right, we are in the home studio today. First off, we are wearing Irish green. I've married an Irish girl. We even have a little. Look at this. We have a little green bunny up there. And our home office here in the Johnson household because my wife and I are traveling today up to Washington D.C. for the St. Patrick's Day party at the White House. And so we have a flight to catch right after this very quick show. And so, ladies and gentlemen. So let's rock and roll. We're excited to be with you and excited for the beginning of the end. The end of the beginning. We're not exactly sure with the SAVE Act. It's very strange moment that we're living in. Senator Ron Johnson will be joining the show in order to give us all the updates from inside of the Senate. Senator Ron Johnson, just one of the all time bests. I even got my little. We got a little leprechaun glasses on today. Different set of glasses. Let's freaking go. Today is Tuesday, March 17, 2026. Happy. The Senate prepares for the Save America act marathon. In fact, it may start live on the show. We may have live on the show, the actual Senate debate beginning and the goal here. And I've been asked this by like 50,000 different people, but as best as I can tell, and I've been doing nothing but like calling and working my phones in order to try and figure all this out. The best as I can tell, they are going to do the standing filibuster. They're going to have an open debate on the Senate floor for this and there's going to be eventually a vote. The question is, how soon will John Thune, who's in charge of the Senate, he's the leader of the Senate, relent. When will John Thune allow that vote to be cast? Will John Thune exhaust all of these senators speaking times? That's really the question here. What is the actual mechanism for doing that? Well, just freaking keeping the Senate open. Why wouldn't Jonathan want to do that? Because senators are freaking old. They have fundraisers, they want, they have tea times and they want to go off and party with other, like other senators. All the Democrats party with Republicans, Republicans party with Democrats. Like, it's so gross. It's grotesque. I've seen it before. It's all fake. It's all fraudulent. None of these people actually fight, right. None of these people actually believe what they believe. I'm talking about the, the made the rhinos. And so, ladies and gentlemen, throw up your Irish Shamrocks today we're going to need as much luck as we possibly can get as the Senate prepares Save act marathon live on the show. Nick Shirley also dropped a new banger in California. Makes me very jealous. Senator Ron Johnson, as I said, will be live on the show. My name is Benny Johnson and this is at the Benny Show. We will have a quick show today. We have a flight at 11 o'.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Clock.

[Benny Johnson]

Luckily I live near the airport, so there we go. That's why we're, that's why we're live. We're going to be again, like going to D.C. i think I'm going to meet up with Mike Lee when I'm in D.C. just like throw it up in the chat. Like I'm going to, I'm going to meet up with Mike Lee and we're going to do our best to keep the energy going, keep the momentum going. All right. I won't take him away from the filibuster, of course. How do you keep it going? Well, blackout coffee. Here's my little coffee. Here's my coffee mug at home, right? Got a little. We got our, our steer right.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

Our stag.

[Benny Johnson]

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[Chip Roy]

Go there.

[Benny Johnson]

Use the code BENNY for 20% off your first order. Blackout Coffee dot com. BENNY. Support American jobs. Okay, let's rock and roll here. Trump allies plan Senate floor takeover to pass the Save America Act. Here's our top line article. Let's rock. So the goal here again is to exhaust the number of times that each senator can speak. There are 100 senators, as far as I know, Alex, there are no vacancies for any senators. So that would of course be 200 different speaking slots. Once you're done speaking, that's one bullet in the chamber. Right. And so, and presumably most these senators wouldn't want to speak. Most of them can't speak. A lot of them, like Mitch McConnell can't even freaking stand. And so, you know, and Maisie Hirono, as we've said, doesn't speak English. And so what will happen next is we'll hopefully get an opportunity to John TH. To start running out the clock. And Jonathan has already filled up what is called the, the, you know, the amendments tree here. They're not allowing like a simple cloture vote. Right? Simple cloture vote just kind of like brings the question to the floor. They vote on it, they vote it down. You don't get 60, you're done. Right. They're not allowing that. John th is kind of playing ball. It's like a half and a half game right now. Okay, let's read the top line. And then we have some breaking news. President Trump's allies are planning to take over the Senate floor this week, bid to pass the Safeguarding America Voter Eligibility act, setting up a major test for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who is under pressure from Trump and a MAGA base to extend his debate over voting reforms as long as possible. GOP senators are playing their cards close to the vest ahead of this week's marathon debate over the Save America act, which would require people registering to vote and show documentation of citizenship. Isn't that amazing? What an amazing line from the Hill. Thank you. The Hill. That's, this is incredible. Yes, that's exactly what it does. It's not. Jim Pro 2.0. I'm going to go fly today. Here's like a, just a, just a simple great example. I'm going to go fly today and I'm going to use my ID. I pulled the numbers. 90% of Americans have flown on a commercial flight. 90% of the country. So that's 320 million, let's just say round numbers. 320 million people have flown on a commercial flight. That means those, the number of people you have to have an ID to fly, those are the number of people that have IDs. So it's insane to say that, like having a voter ID is racist or is silly when 90% of America is flown. That's like just one item that requires an id. Buying a home, getting a credit card, purchasing alcohol, other things that require id. It's insane to say this is anything other than absolute and total common sense. They're bracing for long hours, possible late night to build momentum for the bill, which is already has broad public support. Recent Harvard survey found that 71% of American people support the saving Trump allies Frustrated that they aren't able to force Democrats to stage a talking filibuster to block the bill, are pressing Thune to keep the measure on the floor as long as possible to force Democrats to defend their opposition. How long it goes is going to be instructive because the point here will be exhausting Democrats. The point is the pain, the point of forcing the public and political process, seeing what comes out of it. Now, of course, when a Democrat stands there to speak on the floor, this is the famous filibuster rule. They can speak for as long as they can. They can't go take a pee, pee break. They can't, you know they're going to have to crap their pants effectively. They're, they're going, you cannot stop talking, you have to stay there. You cannot stop standing, you cannot take a little nap as I know the senators are want to do. So this is going to be like a huge test of endurance, hopefully a reminder that the 1964 Civil Rights act was passed in this manner. Senator Mike Lee, leading proponent of the bill, says Trump wants to see Republicans go all out and envisioning an epic floor fight. A two month battle that preceded the Senate's passage of the Civil Rights Act. What I want to do is to try and maximize the period of time for which we debate it, says Lee. Lee recalled that during the battle over the Civil Rights act, the Senate stayed in session for 60 straight days and used this approach similar to what I think ought to be done here. They faced a 32 vote cloture deficit at the time and it came over from the House in March of 64. Lee said they were able to close a 32 vote cloture deficit. That means it took them 60 days and they got there debating. The bill will continue to get more popular as people try to slow it down and stop it and obstruct it. Obstruct it. This is genius from Mike Lee. Hopefully I'll be hanging out with Mike Lee today and we'll of course post those updates soon, as soon as we possibly can. That's what we're looking at here, says Mike Lee. Lee, a close Trump ally, suggested that the President will closely watch the Senate's debate. All right, here's President Trump already closely watching debate here. Donald Trump posing this morning. The SAVE act is one of the most important and consequential pieces of legislation in the history of Congress. America sl no more rigged elections, voter id, proof of citizenship, no rigged mail in ballots, no men in women's sports, no transgender mutilization of our children. 90 to 99% issues on all sick, demented, deranged people in the House and Senate could vote against the SAVE act if you if they do, each one of these points separately will be used against them in their political campaign for office. A guaranteed loss. Get your senator, Republican or Democrat.

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[Benny Johnson]

screen yes, on the Save America Act. I will never, ever endorse anybody who votes against Save America. Thank you for your attention. This matters Donald Trump. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, Mike Lee, obviously the man who's been banging the drum on this day and night, calling to action, teasing last night, Mike Lee's last post saying, here is the time to stand and deliver.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

Go.

[Chip Roy]

It's been about two years since Chip Roy and I wrote the SAVE act, which later became the Save America Act. Tomorrow this is going to come to fruition as the Save America act comes to the floor of the United States Senate. I invite all within the sound of my voice who would like this bill to become law to reach out to as many people as possible, friends, neighbors, especially United States Senators who might listen to you. Ask them, please get this passed. Tell them we need to invoke the talking filibuster in the United States Senate. No zombie filibuster will suffice on this one. We've got to turn to this bill, we've got to debate it and we've got to stay on the bill until it becomes law. There can be no surrender. There can be no ifs, ands or buts. There can be no cheap imitations here. The Republic is on the line.

[Benny Johnson]

Let's get this done completely and totally based. Ladies and gentlemen, breaking news. Debate has begun. Debate has begun on the Senate floor. We have a live feed effectively of what's happening in the Senate. Why don't we listen in for just one moment?

[Senator Ron Johnson]

I hope that President Trump remembers those words, and they were very appropriate words as he leads the reconsideration of USMCA today. One little provision but important provision in the USMCA in 1920.

[Benny Johnson]

Okay.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

Or in 2020, listening to Too much

[Benny Johnson]

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[Senator Ron Johnson]

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[Benny Johnson]

All right. I like the green tie. Today we're going to need the luck of the Irish to get the save act passed. Senator, you have been the leading charge on the SAVE act in you, obviously, I know as a matter of fact, because I've been calling around, you've been somebody who's been twisting arms behind the scenes, somebody who's been selling it, including to Chuck Grassley and others. And so, as a staunch advocate of the SAVE act, can you give us like, a landscape as to what the major news is on this debate today?

[Senator Ron Johnson]

Well, Benny, what I'd like to do is take a little bit of time to explain as best I can. Filibusters, the cloture rule, the talking filibusters. So your audience really understands what we need to do to pass Save America act, which is end the filibuster. But let me just start by saying, up until 1917, debate in the Senate was unlimited. As long as somebody wanted to talk, they could never call the question, vote on a piece of legislation with a mere majority vote. That's how you pass legislation, just a mere majority. But in 1917, they realized, well, we need some mechanism to bring debate to a close. When back then two thirds of the Senate decided they want to end that debate, the debate had gone on too long. So that was 2/3 back then in 1917, for the next 50 years, they only invoked that cloture vote five times. Because the tradition of the Senate was you debate a bill. And one of the ways you debate a bill is you offer amendments. You have a base bill and you take a look at it and go, well, it's not perfect or I can't support in its current form, but if we amend it by doing this, I can support that bill again. That's the greatest deliberative body. That's the way the process ought to work. What has happened? And they watered down the 2/3 requirement down to 3/5 in the 70s. So now it takes 60 votes to end debate on a bill. That's the cloture vote. What that has done though, is it not only limits debate, it eliminates all debate. It's now been used to just snuff out any discussion, snuff out a actual amendment process. It's not a charade. What happens right now is once you know you have cloture, once you know you have enough 60 votes to pass anything. The base bill is what's passed. And you have to have time agreements and okay, you get five amendments, we'll take these five amendments, we'll agree they all fail. So it's a great big charade. And we're not the world's greatest literature body. The fact that Since I got here, we've gone from $14 trillion up to almost $39 trillion in debt. We've had countless shutdowns, countless continuing resolutions. I'm going to be writing an op ed and I'll lay out the numbers. But it's shocking. Just shows you the dysfunction of this place. But I have colleagues who just believe that, oh, the Senate, it has to have a 60 vote threshold or we will destroy the tradition of the Senate again. For over 100 years we had no cloture vote. This isn't some sacrosanct element of the Senate. Senate that's not in the Constitution and it's not working. So what the talking filibuster is and how it possibly could have worked prior to 1986 is there used to be what they call the two speech rule that senators could only speak twice during any legislative day. Now again, bizarre thing, a legislative day can actually end or last weeks. A legislative day is what we say legislative day is. So you would limit senators to only two speeches on a particular piece of legislation. The problem is in 1986, Robert Byrd with a, you know, only need a majority vote began over 90 votes to change the President of the Senate where things like offering motions or amendments were no longer counted as speech. So now to do a, what they call a talking filibuster, in other words, make the other side exhaust its ability to speak to prevent a vote, just a mere majority without a cloture vote, you can't limit the number of amendments. So there's an infinite number of amendments. So as long as the other side is determined, let's face it, when it comes to Save America Act, Democrats view any election security, any controls over our process to make sure that your legitimate vote isn't canceled out by a fraudulent one. They are opposed to all that because Democrats want it to make it easy to cheat. They view the Save America act as existential. And my belief, and I could be wrong, but my belief is there's no way you're going to exhaust them in terms of the number of amendments they would offer in a true talking filibuster. So what we should, what we probably doing this week is we're going to hopefully move and we'll have enough votes to just get onto the House message, which only requires a majority. And then we're going to control the amendment process. We're not going to allow Democrats to offer nasty amendments that are just a bunch of poison pills. We're going to take the Save America act and we're going to hopefully debate and offer amendments that the American people support, things that aren't necessarily to do with the elections. For example, let's make sure that you can't mutilate a child without, certainly without parental notification. Let's make sure that biological males can't compete against our little girls in sports. Okay? We'll offer those kind of amendments from my standpoint, to improve the legislation. Now, at the end of that, we'll never get to the point where you can call the question take a vote at just a majority level. We'll have to have a cloture vote. My guess is that'll probably fail. And here's the next vote we ought to take is we ought to take a vote on a rule change to end the filibuster. Now, that would require a 67 vote threshold. But the divide right now in the Republican conference is between those of us who believe the Democrats, the next time they have a chance to end the filibuster, that they will. And we want to beat them to the punch so we can pass Save America Act. There are other people in our conference, and I understand this, the filibuster or the cloture vote, use the words, right, the cloture vote. That 60 vote threshold has prevented all kinds of awful radical left legislation being passed over the decades. America would be in far worse shape had we not had a cloture vote. But Democrats have signaled they're going to end it, right? The only two people to vote against it have been purged from their party. So the split in our conference is those of us who believe they're going to end it. And we want to be into the punch versus those that are just hoping against all hope. The Democrats, oh no, they're going to maintain the filibuster even when they have the power to do so. And even when they have the power, the House, the Senate and the presidency to pass all this rotten radical left legislation. Now, is it a risk? Sure. But again, I'm just very certain that when Democrats have power, they'll do it. They'll turn D.C. puerto Rico to states, they'll pack Supreme Court. That's what we're gonna do. The best chance we have of preventing them from doing that is get control over our election system by passing Save America act, by requiring voter ID so they can't cheat, so they can't steal elections, and we can prevent them from running the table in the presidency, the Senate and the House. Again, it's a risk. There's nothing guaranteed there. But I think doing nothing Right now we're just going to look back three or four years when they have that opportunity and we're going to be schmucks as they go.

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[Senator Ron Johnson]

and turn this nation into one party, party country. So Senator, that's a long filibuster itself, but I tried to lay it out as best as concisely as I can.

[Benny Johnson]

I appreciate it. I don't want to give people false hope, you know, and I don't pretend to be some type of parliamentarian or, you know, attorney who is particularly sophisticated in Senate procedures. And so, you know, I guess the question is how long is this going to continue? What is the best possible result? What is the best possible mechanism given the architecture and roadmap that you just laid out to actually getting this passed? Or is this something that is a pipe dream right now, given this current

[Senator Ron Johnson]

Senate, the way to pass the Save America act is get the public pressure to do so. And Again, right now 80% of Americans think they should have voter ID. There may be quibbling a little bit with the citizenship requirement and what you need to prove that. Fine, we can work that out. Again, we can use the amendment process to make sure that that's not a problem. But Democrats, again, it's existential to them. They are utterly opposed to it. The mainstream media, which is the communication arm of the Democrat Party, they're not pointing these things out. For example, my wife's telling me about she heard a story, you know, kind of a reporter on the street of these TSA lines and like nobody in line realized it's because Chuck Schumer refuses to fund dhs, the TSA agents aren't getting paid. That's why you're sitting here waiting for hours in line. People don't know it because the legacy media doesn't report it and make the American public at large aware of these things. So unless we hold a debate and we make Democrats defend why they are opposed to what 80% of the American people support. So again, we shouldn't be bringing up controversial issues here. We should only bring up pieces of legislation that have broad 70, 80% support by the American people and put Democrats on record. Now, if we do that well, and there's no guarantee we will if the media covers it, if the public gets outraged at their Democrat senators who are voting against what they want, maybe there will be enough pressure to actually get enough Democrats to vote at the 60 vote threshold and pass that piece of legislation. Again, I've got grave doubts that will get that public pressure. But what I'm very certain of is that the public by and large holds Congress in the Senate with scorn. And Democrats, when they're in power, their Democrat supporters, they want them to end the filibuster. I think Republican supporters and voters want us to end the filibuster. And in the end it'll be that public opinion, that public support to end the filibuster. So we can actually pass from Republican standpoint what we think is good legislation, or from Democrats standpoint what they think is good legislation. Eventually the filibuster or the cloture vote will be, it'll be reduced to 50 vote threshold where you can pass things with a majority vote. You'll still have a cloture vote, but it'll be a majority vote rather than 60 vote threshold. I think public pressure will cause that to happen. The question is, will that happen in the next couple of weeks to pass Save America Act? Will it happen while Republicans have the power to use it or will it happen when Democrats have the power to use it? Hopefully we don't let it go that far. Hopefully enough my colleagues will see the light. They'll get enough pressure. And if you want to understand the public pressure, take a look at what John Cornyn, how he switched his attitude toward the filibuster when he's up in a primary of Republican voters. He realized in order to win that primary, I have to be for ending the filibuster. It'll be public pressure that will end it and hopefully pass the Save America Act.

[Benny Johnson]

So final question here, Senator. How long should we expect this potential debate to go on? Is this something that could go on for 60 days like the civil rights 1964 debate?

[Senator Ron Johnson]

I don't know. It depends on how well it goes. It depends on how well Republican leadership, you know, the strategy they create here. I will say right now, kind of hearing what I'm hearing and the strategy is not set. I'm a little concerned the way I think we ought to do is just bring up the House bill, the Save America act, as written, and then we start offering amendments to improve it. And we offer the amendments. What concerns me is if we have just one great big substitute amendment that puts all these things in that some of our members have a real concern about. I mean, listen, I am all for reasonable restrictions on mail in ballots, but if it's too restrictive, there are states that, Republican states that really rely on mail in ballots. If it gets too restrictive, we'll lose those votes. So we need to make sure that we can, whatever we do in terms of restricting mail in ballots, it actually can pass the Republican conference. And that'll take some time. It's not necessarily what President Trump is demanding, might have to be modified. We should take our time to get that right. Those senators have a concern. They ought to have a voice in this. They ought to be in the room. We ought to do everything we can to accommodate them, because Democrats will just vote no. But if we do this thoughtfully, if we actually use the Senate the way it was intended to be used, the greatest delivery body offer piece of legislation and then use the amendment process to not only improve it, but to get the votes to pass it. What a concept, right? It's such a foreign concept because that's not how the Senate operates today. It's why the Senate is so broken and so dysfunctional.

[Benny Johnson]

So this could, this could potentially go on for weeks.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

You're saying it could, it should, it deserves. It deserves it. Election integrity is the bedrock of a functioning democracy and republic. Without it, we're toast. And of course, that's what Democrats want. They don't want election integrity, they want to cheat because they want to turn this into a one party nation. That is their goal. That's why they open up the borders, allowed millions to flood into this country, going to sanctuary cities, going to sanctuary states. It's their game plan. And anything that would disrupt that game plan, like, you know, controls over elections so that they can't cheat, so that the illegal immigrants that they let in this country flood in this country, that they can't vote, they're going to be absolutely opposed to it. It's anathema to them.

[Benny Johnson]

We will pray for you. We will wear our green for you today. Senator, we know there's going to be a lot of luck involved here, and so we'll see if luck is on our side. I've obviously seen some pretty bad odds and beat them all. So I guess we'll, I guess, I guess we'll see. And we'll be praying. Right? I guess that's all you can do. So you have the American people with you. I just like the parting note here, Senator Ron Johnson, is that I've never seen the base more in favor of a specific piece of legislation than this. This. Nothing has ever. Nothing, no piece of legislation, not repealing Obamacare or anything like that, has ever enraptured the base like this.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

And so it's because our base understands how crucial this is, as President Trump does. I mean, if we don't get control of our country, of our elections, we lose our country. I mean, I believe that the public needs to make sure that their elected representatives, their senators, also realize it and vote the right way.

[Benny Johnson]

Yes, you should follow Senator Ron Johnson. Right here has 700,000 followers. Make sure that you're fighting with the people who are fighting for us. Godspeed, Senator. Good luck.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

We're with you. God bless.

[Benny Johnson]

Ladies and gentlemen, once again, I told you we're gonna have a short show today. Mike Lee saying last night on Fox News, we don't need a rule change.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

We.

[Benny Johnson]

We don't need to change anything. We can win this with the current rules of the Senate. Let's go. Here's the strategy. So again, he doesn't have the votes. He doesn't have 60 votes. What do you need to change the rule here and enforce the talking? Filibuster. Do you need to change the rule?

[Chip Roy]

No rule change is required. No rule change whatsoever is required. And I cannot emphasize this enough, Laura. This is entirely within the Senate rules. In fact, this has been something that has been part of the Senate's culture since 1789, since the moment the Senate was created and it sprang into existence. This is something that we can do without changing a single rule or a single precedent. And it's something that we must do in this instance. Look, the zombie filibuster, as I refer to it, is the filibuster that we allow that allows people to have the benefits of the filibuster without doing anything. They can be asleep, they can be at a bar, they can be on some Caribbean island drinking drinks with them umbrellas in them. But that is not a procedure that we ought to allow here, not on this bill, not where the fate of the Republic is. Is on the line, not where the will and wish of 85% of the American people are aligned with this. We've got to do it now. As of last week, I don't doubt that he had doubts about his support for the talking Filibuster. It's still not too late. We can still do it and we must do it.

[Benny Johnson]

Speaking of being on an island in the Caribbean sipping a cocktail, President Trump saying he's going to have the honor of taking Cuba. Sorry, I just, I saw too easy of a tie in there. There's no further update. I guess right now I'm checking in with Alex. Is there any breaking news on this from the Senate floor? No. Here's President Trump yesterday honor of taking Cuba.

[Donald Trump]

I think Cuba see the end. You know, all my life I've been hearing about the United States and Cuba. When will the United States do it? I do believe I'll be the honor of having the honor of taking Cuba. That's a big honor.

[Benny Johnson]

Taking Cuba.

[Donald Trump]

Taking Cuba in some form. Yeah, taking Cuba. I mean whether I free it take it. I think I could do anything I want with it. You want to know the truth? They're a very weakened nation right now. They were for a long time time very violent, very violent leaders. Castro is a very violent leader.

[Benny Johnson]

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[Senator Ron Johnson]

No.

[Benny Johnson]

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