JD Vance Reveals Brutal Truth About Failed Senate Takeover

The Plan That Wasn’t

Vice President JD Vance told reporters that he and President Donald Trump planned a bold move to pass the SAVE America Act. They discussed taking over the Senate floor.

It never happened. Vance admitted they decided against it. The reason was simple. A small group of Republicans would have stopped them.

War-Gaming the Rules

The Vice President spoke with Vince Coglianese of The Daily Caller. He said they “obsessively” discussed how to pass the bill. They even talked about removing the Senate parliamentarian.

Vance explained the scenario clearly.
To begin, may I take the Senate chair and dismiss the parliamentarian? Yes, I could. Asking that question reveals what exactly? So let’s just play this out, he said.

He noted they ran the numbers internally. “Trust me, we have played it out internally with a lot of great people, including the president of the United States,” Vance told The Daily Caller.

But the math did not work. Even if he fired the parliamentarian, four or five Republicans would join the Democrats.
“Four or five Republicans, at least, and maybe 10 Republicans, they join the Democrats to then overrule the new chair,” Vance explained.

The Real Obstacle

Vance made it clear the rules were not the problem. The problem was the people.
“The problem is not with who’s in the chair.” He noted that four or five Republicans, whose identities are known to all, will align with Democrats.

Breitbart reported that Vance said the parliamentarian is just a bureaucrat. The real issue is that some Republican senators vote with the other side more than their own party.

He listed the names in a hypothetical scenario.
Should I overrule the parliamentarian, they require four votes since reaching 50 allows me to break the tie for victory. Vance stated that four Republicans—Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Tom Tillis, and Lisa Murkowski—joined 47 Democrats in the coalition.