Trump mocked Mitch McConnell with a Weekend at Bernie's clip on Truth Social.
Now a Kentucky Senate candidate says McConnell is making that mockery his entire final act.
And what McConnell is doing to block the SAVE America Act will make your blood boil.
McConnell Sits on Trump's Election Security Bill
The SAVE America Act is straightforward.
Show proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Show photo ID at the polls.
The House passed it.
Trump demanded it by name during his State of the Union.
Eighty-two percent of Americans support it.
And Mitch McConnell – as chairman of the Senate Rules Committee – won't schedule a markup to let it move forward.
That's the whole play.
He doesn't need to make a speech against it.
He doesn't need to vote no.
He just sits in the chair and refuses to call the meeting.
No markup, no floor vote.
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The bill that Trump voters want dies in committee – killed by one man from Kentucky who is leaving the Senate in January anyway.
Kentucky Senate candidate Nate Morris went on Breitbart News Saturday and named it for what it is.
"We have somebody in Mitch McConnell who is making it his last effort to do everything he can to oppose the president," Morris said.
"His opposition is nothing more than jealousy, pettiness. This is all about taking one more shot at the president on his way out."
The Last Act of a Man Who Hates Losing
McConnell has been telegraphing this move for over a year.
He wrote in The Wall Street Journal in 2025 that national voter ID would give a future Democratic president the power to carry out a "complete federal takeover of American elections."
That is the same argument Chuck Schumer – who called the SAVE Act "Jim Crow 2.0" – is making from the other side of the aisle right now.
McConnell and Schumer land in the same place.
House Republicans have been screaming for months.
Rep. Tim Burchett posted a video calling McConnell out directly – and raised something uncomfortable about who is actually making decisions in that Senate office.
"Is it him or a staff member," Burchett said, "because as you know, he's a lot like Joe Biden was in his last few years in office. His cognizant level is diminishing daily."
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Rep. Brandon Gill led Republican Study Committee members in a letter directly to McConnell demanding he schedule an immediate markup.
The bill had been sitting stalled for nearly 300 days after the House first passed it.
Rep. Andy Barr – who is running for McConnell's own seat – sent him a personal letter asking for help.
McConnell ignored both.
Rep. Ralph Norman said McConnell "hates Donald Trump" and "should be in a nursing home" rather than killing the bill.
Trump escalated to full public mockery, posting the Weekend at Bernie's clip with the caption: "Mitch McConnell arriving to block the Save Act in a last-ditch attempt to save his name."
What Comes Next Depends on Who Replaces Him
Morris built a waste management company from a $10,000 line of credit into nearly $700 million in annual revenue.
Elon Musk put $10 million behind his Senate campaign – his largest single donation to any federal candidate outside of Trump himself.
Morris got into this race specifically because of what McConnell represents.
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And on the filibuster question – the procedural fight that determines whether the SAVE Act lives or dies – Morris has been clearer than any other candidate in the Kentucky race.
"Our campaign has been so clear about this," Morris told Breitbart. "We're the only candidate in this race that said we must nuke the zombie filibuster, we got to get rid of it."
Fifty senators back the bill.
Republicans hold 53 seats.
Three Republicans – McConnell, Lisa Murkowski, and a handful of fence-sitters – are enough to hand Democrats a veto.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been cool on the talking filibuster option, warning it would eat up floor time with no guarantee of success.
Morris's position is blunter: end the procedural games, pass the bill with 51 votes, and force Democrats to explain to voters why they blocked proof-of-citizenship requirements before the midterms.
The Kentucky primary is May 19.
McConnell retires in January.
Here's what that means: every establishment Republican Kentucky sends to Washington after McConnell is gone is just McConnell with a younger face.
The SAVE Act is sitting in that committee right now telling you exactly what happens next if Kentucky gets that choice wrong.
Sources:
- Sean Moran, "Exclusive – Nate Morris: Mitch McConnell Doing Everything He Can to Block Save America Act, National Voter ID," Breitbart News, March 7, 2026.
- "Trump, Fellow Republicans Take Shots At Mitch McConnell Over SAVE Act Stall," The Daily Wire, March 2026.
- Alex Miller, "Thune Guarantees Voter ID Bill Will Hit Senate Despite Schumer, Dems' Opposition," Fox News, February 2026.
- "Rep. Gill Leads RSC Members in Urging Senate to Mark Up SAVE Act," Office of Rep. Brandon Gill, February 2, 2026.
- "Elon Musk Gives $10 Million to Nate Morris Kentucky Senate Campaign," Fox News, January 19, 2026.