Warren slams – Elizabeth Warren said she was stunned by Donald Trump’s decision to hold up the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, arguing his demands link housing to a voting-restrictions law Republicans say they can’t pass. Trump, meanwhile, tied signing the housing measure
Donald Trump’s latest move on housing didn’t just delay a bill. It sparked a sharp fight over what the president will—or won’t—do for families caught in a cost squeeze.
Elizabeth Warren said she was taken aback by Trump’s decision to hold off on signing the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. The Democratic senator from Massachusetts told CNBC on Wednesday that the “inner workings of the president’s mind are a complete mystery.”
“If you’re asking me to get into Donald Trump’s head and figure out what’s going on there, you need somebody else,” Warren said. “I don’t have any idea. This just doesn’t make any sense.”
Trump shared on Wednesday that he had no plans to sign the housing act, even though the bill passed the House with bipartisan support. He also singled out Warren on Truth Social, saying he would not sign the measure unless Congress passed the controversial SAVE America Act.
The SAVE America Act, Trump said, would add new restrictions on voters in federal elections, including photo ID requirements. GOP lawmakers have repeatedly stated that they don’t have the votes to pass the act.
Trump’s message went further, portraying the housing bill as less important than the political fight he wants first. “The Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren centric housing bill. which is of minor importance compared to lower interest rates. and even FISA. pales in comparison to passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT. That is what Americans, both Dumocrats, Republicans, and everyone else, care about,” he wrote.
He then pressed Republicans toward procedural leverage. calling on them to eliminate the Senate filibuster if they couldn’t pressure members of their caucus to support the bill. “Get the bad Republicans to approve it or. better yet. Terminate the Filibuster and approve it. AND EVERYTHING ELSE REPUBLICANS HAVE EVER DREAMED OF. ” he wrote. “The Dumocrats will do it in hour one, 100%. Republicans will feel very stupid if they don’t do it first. I’ll be watching with tears in my eyes!!!”.
Warren responded with a blunt charge that the delay isn’t about policy tradeoffs—it’s about priorities. She said Trump’s approach showed “a complete indifference to cost squeeze on American families.”
“He could be over here trying to claim a victory,” Warren said. “It’s because he really doesn’t care about American families.”
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