Repub­li­can says Trump’s top elec­tion pri­or­i­ty ‘dead’ in Sen­ate as GOP frac­tures ahead of midterms

<div>Republican says Trump's top election priority 'dead' in Senate as GOP fractures ahead of midterms</div>

A Sen­ate Repub­li­can revealed that even if Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s flag­ship elec­tion integri­ty leg­is­la­tion had the votes to pass, there’s not enough time to actu­al­ly have it take effect for the upcom­ing midterm elections.The Safe­guard­ing Amer­i­can Vot­er Eli­gi­bil­i­ty (SAVE) Amer­i­ca Act has increas­ing­ly become a prob­lem for con­gres­sion­al Repub­li­cans des­per­ate to move onto oth­er must-pass leg­is­la­tion. But Trump has con­sis­tent­ly demand­ed they find a way to pass it, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the Sen­ate, by any means necessary.But Repub­li­cans aren’t uni­fied behind the bill, and Democ­rats unan­i­mous­ly despise it. Even if it got 60 votes, which is an unlike­ly sce­nario, Sen. Thom Tillis, R‑N.C., con­tend­ed it wouldn’t have an impact in time for November.GOP INFIGHTING OVER TRUMP’S VOTER ID BILL ERUPTS AS TOP SENATOR CALLS STRATEGY ‘FA …