Trump Forces Senate Voter ID Showdown Ahead of Midterms (1)

President Donald Trump’s attempts to strong-arm Republicans into gutting Senate rules to pass voter ID legislation will spill out onto the Senate floor this week, focusing political time and attention on a MAGA priority that appears certain to fail.

The debate on the Trump-backed legislation, which could span days or weeks and involve all-night talkathons, threatens to spotlight divisions within the party and muddy Republicans’ message in a midterm election cycle dominated by voters’ anxiety about the cost of living and, in recent weeks, the Iran war.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other GOP leaders have tried to ...