Democrats have been trying to kill the SAVE America Act – the one law that stops non-citizens from stealing your vote.
Fox News just let them do it on live television without a single pushback.
Trump watched it happen – and then went to Truth Social to rant about it.
Trump Posts on Truth Social Demanding Jessica Tarlov Be Removed from The Five
He didn't complain about Jessica Tarlov in an interview.
He didn't hint at it during a press conference.
He addressed Fox News executives by name in a Truth Social post and told them exactly what to do.
"For Fox executives only, take Jessica Tarlov off the air," Trump wrote. "She is, from her voice, to her lies, and everything else about her, one of the worst 'personalities' on television, a real loser! People cannot stand watching her. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2041475390237983204?s=20
The trigger was a Fox News Sunday interview in which Democratic Congressman Jake Auchincloss told anchor Shannon Bream the war in Iran has been "a failure" – and called the SAVE America Act voter suppression.
Bream never pushed back once.
Trump also corrected the record on the legislation itself.
Democrats and some Fox anchors keep calling it the "SAVE Act."
Trump wants everyone to know it's the SAVE America Act – and he believes the name distinction matters when Democrats are already lying about what the bill does.
What the SAVE America Act Actually Does and Why Democrats Are Blocking It
Here is what the SAVE America Act actually does: it requires voters to prove they are American citizens before they can register to vote in federal elections.
A passport. A REAL ID. A military ID. Documents that confirm who you are – the same standard applied to buying a gun, getting on a federal building, or obtaining a professional license.
That's it.
That's the bill Senate Democrats are staging a filibuster to kill.
The House passed it in February with nearly every Republican voting yes.
In the Senate, Republicans hold 53 seats – but breaking a filibuster requires 60. Not one Democrat has agreed to cross over.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said the votes aren't there and a talking filibuster isn't happening either.
Trump has demanded the Senate eliminate the filibuster entirely to get it done.
https://twitter.com/DefiantLs/status/2037561533526315221?s=20
Democrats like Auchincloss going on Fox to smear the bill as suppression – without a single challenge from the anchor sitting across from him – is exactly the kind of state-run media cosplay that drives Trump to Truth Social at 10 PM on a Monday.
Why Tarlov Has Been a Target
This isn't a new feud.
Last summer, Trump called Tarlov a "failed TV personality" and a "disgrace to television broadcasting" after she cited unfavorable polling numbers on air.
Last month, Trump called into The Five while Tarlov was absent and told the panel he was "not a fan."
He accused her of using fake numbers to make him look weaker than he is.
"She'll give, 'Well, he's only polling 42%.'" Trump said on the March 26 episode. "That's not right. Polling very high, actually."
He added at the time that he was sure she was "a lovely person."
Monday night's Truth Social post makes clear that goodwill has officially expired.
The Five – the show Trump wants Tarlov removed from – is the most-watched program in cable news. It averaged 4 million viewers per day in the first quarter of 2026, its 18th consecutive quarter at the top.
Fox News commanded nearly 60% of the total cable news audience.
https://twitter.com/MrWhiplash_/status/2037717925499380100?s=20
CNN settled for 577,000 viewers in total day.
Why Senate Democrats Are Using the Filibuster to Kill Voter ID
Trump's anger at Bream and Tarlov on the same night wasn't random.
Both incidents connect to a Democrat media strategy that has nothing to do with principle and everything to do with November.
Democrats aren't blocking the SAVE America Act because they believe noncitizen voting doesn't happen.
Utah just finished one of the most comprehensive citizenship reviews in state history – examining more than 2 million registered voters – and found exactly one confirmed instance of noncitizen registration and zero instances of noncitizen voting.
https://twitter.com/TVNewsNow/status/2038901599431516295?s=20
They're blocking it because passing it closes the argument they're planning to make if they lose the midterms.
No proof-of-citizenship requirement means they can manufacture doubt about any result they don't like.
That option disappears the moment Trump signs the SAVE America Act into law.
Shannon Bream letting Auchincloss call the bill voter suppression on national television – unchallenged, on the network conservative America trusts – isn't journalism.
It's opposition research with a Fox News logo on it.
Trump sees it.
The American people see it. And now Fox News executives have it in writing.
Sources:
- Daily Caller, "Trump Calls For Fox News Host's Removal," Daily Caller, April 7, 2026.
- Fox News, "Fox News Channel wallops CNN, MS NOW viewership during first quarter of 2026," Fox News, April 1, 2026.
- White House, "The SAVE America Act," WhiteHouse.gov, 2026.
- Ballotpedia News, "Senate takes up SAVE America Act to require voter ID, proof of citizenship for federal elections," Ballotpedia, March 25, 2026.
- Barrett Media, "President Donald Trump to Fox News Execs: 'Take Jessica Tarlov Off the Air,'" Barrett Media, April 7, 2026.
