Trump escalates call for shutdown fight with sweeping border demands

Published August 30, 2024 12:14pm ET



Former President Donald Trump is urging congressional Republicans to risk a government shutdown over the border and voting restrictions weeks before the November election.

On Thursday, he joined House conservatives in pressuring Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to attach the SAVE Act, a proof-of-citizenship voting bill, to a must-pass measure that would extend government funding beyond the Oct. 1 deadline. But he also floated a new demand of attaching H.R. 2, the House GOP’s flagship border bill.

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