On April 20, 2026, U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida claimed on X that Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, a fellow Republican, was "no longer considering" the SAVE America Act, legislation that would require proof of citizenship to vote.
Social media users circulated Luna's claim on Facebook (screenshot), Threads and X.
However, Luna provided no evidence to back up her claim. In fact, in comments Thune made to Capitol reporters on April 20, he said he would consider returning to the SAVE America Act after handling "fairly pressing issues" such as funding for federal immigration enforcement, which has a "deadline attached." (In response to an inquiry about Luna's claim, Thune's office shared these comments to Snopes via email.)
In Thune's comments, he did not commit to bringing the SAVE America Act back for
Luna's office did not immediately respond to a request for more information. Her X post came as U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies led a pressure campaign aimed at Thune to pass the SAVE America Act by ending the Senate filibuster, which requires a three-fifths majority vote to pass
While the SAVE America Act passed the House, it stalled in the Senate due to lack of Democratic support. Republicans have a 53-47 majority in the Senate as of this writing. The legislation must pass both chambers before the president can sign it into law.
For more on the SAVE America Act, we explained how it might change the voting process if it becomes law.
Thune's comments, in full
Here's what Thune said about bringing the SAVE America Act back for consideration, per the transcript shared by his office via email (emphasis ours):
REPORTER: Once reconciliation and FISA are done, do you plan on holding a vote to get back on the SAVE Act?
THUNE: You know, obviously, these are fairly pressing issues that we've got to deal with that have a sense of the deadlines attached to them (ICE/Border Patrol funding and FISA). So we'll, you know, if we get through this, and depending if there are any crises that come up next, you know, we're going to have the ongoing things that we have to do, but if we can get back on the SAVE Act, yeah. I mean, we have been on it for a while, it's the pending business, but to do these other things, we're going to have to pivot off. But if we don't have other pressing stuff in front of us that has to get done and has a short timeline associated with it, then we'll see about getting back on it, yeah.
As demonstrated above, Thune did not say he was no longer considering the SAVE America Act, but he also did not outright commit to a vote.
Ryan Wrasse, a spokesperson for Thune, said the senator made these comments to "20-plus reporters in the Capitol."