Trump drops panicked plea for GOP to pass voter suppression 'at the expense of everything'

President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account on Thursday to demand that Republicans pass his now-stalled legislation to put heavy new restrictions on the right to vote.

"The Republicans MUST DO, with PASSION, and at the expense of everything else, THE SAVE AMERICA ACT - And not the watered down version," wrote Trump. "This is a Country Defining fight for the Soul of our Nation!"

Among other things, the SAVE America Act would require strict photo ID in every state, add cumbersome extra steps to vote by mail, require proof of citizenship documents to register to vote, and require all state voter rolls to be verified by an infamously unreliable Department of Homeland Security system that routinely flags citizens as noncitizens by mistake.

The House passed a version of the bill. However, it appears dead in the Senate, as Republican leadership have ruled out changing Senate rules to overcome a Democratic filibuster.

This comes shortly after Trump threw a separate fit at Republicans for not always using the "correct" title of the bill when discussing it.