{"id":14354,"date":"2026-07-23T06:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14354"},"modified":"2026-07-23T06:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:54:13","slug":"trump-warns-i-may-be-crying-if-democrats-add-more-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14354","title":{"rendered":"Trump Warns, &#8216;I May Be Crying&#8217; if Democrats Add More States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> said he \u201cmay be crying\u201d if Democrats retake power, eliminate the filibuster, and admit more states into the union to increase their political power.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Trump held a rally in Marietta, Georgia, where he reiterated his support for the SAVE Act, which has already passed in the House. The legislation would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote, as well as mandate photo ID when voting. It is currently stalled in the Senate, where the bill lacks the 60 votes necessary to overcome a procedural hurdle called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/about\/powers-procedures\/filibusters-cloture.htm\">cloture<\/a>, or more colloquially, the filibuster. Republicans control the upper chamber 53-47.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly called on Sen. Majority Leader <strong>John Thune<\/strong> (R-SD) to ditch the 60-vote rule, but Thune has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/gop-senate-leader-rejects-trumps-filibuster-demand-to-pass-voter-id-bill-calls-out-paid-influencer-pressure\/\">rejected<\/a> those calls.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks in Georgia on Wednesday, Trump told the crowd that if the SAVE Act is not enacted, Democrats will retake power, eliminate the filibuster, and add new states:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A lot of you don\u2019t know about filibusters. They should terminate the filibuster and approve everything because the Democrats are going to do it! The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance. And then they\u2019re gonna approve Puerto Rico and D.C. as a state. They got four more senators. They\u2019re gonna end up with 12 more congressmen. They\u2019re gonna get, like, 40 electoral votes.<\/p>\n<p>If they are allowed to do that, by that time, I\u2019ll be sitting home, and I\u2019m not a big crier. I don\u2019t think you want to see me cry, you know? There are some people they do very well when they cry, but you don\u2019t want to see me cry. But I may be crying, I\u2019ll be sitting at home and I\u2019ll say, \u201cI told them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump then urged members of the crowd to phone Thune.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should terminate the filibuster,\u201d he said. \u201cEverybody call John Thune at the Senate. He\u2019s the leader of the Republican Party, and tell him to get this stuff approved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch above via Fox News.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump said he \u201cmay be crying\u201d if Democrats retake power, eliminate the filibuster, and admit more states into the union to increase their political power. 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