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Is John Thune 'no longer considering' SAVE America Act in Senate, as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna claimed?
Claim: As of April 20, 2026, Senate Majority Leader John Thune is refusing to bring the SAVE America Act up for debate or for a vote in the Senate. What's True Thune did not commit to reviving efforts to pass the SAVE America Act in comments made to reporters at the U.S. Capitol. What's False In his comments to Capitol reporters, Thune clearly said he would consider bringing the SAVE America Act back up for consideration once the Senate was done with "other pressing stuff," such as funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On April 20, 2026, U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida claimed on X that Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, a fellow Republican, was "no longer considering" the SAVE America Act, legislation that would require proof of citizenship to vote. Social media users circulated Luna's claim on Facebook (screenshot), Threads and X. However, Luna provided no evidence to back up her claim. In fact, in comments Thune made to Capitol reporters on April 20, he said he would consider returning to the SAVE America Act after handling "fairly pressing issues" such as funding for federal immigration enforcement, which has a "deadline attached." (In response to an inquiry about Luna's claim, Thune's office shared these comments to Snopes via email.) In Thune's comments, he did not commit to bringing the SAVE America Act back for consideration by the Senate. However, given that he did not shut the door on the legislation completely, making the general gist of the claim untrue, we have rated this claim as mostly false. Luna's office did not immediately respond to a request for more information. Her X post came as U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies led a pressure campaign aimed at Thune to pass the SAVE America Act by ending the Senate filibuster, which requires a three-fifths majority vote to pass legislation. While the SAVE America Act passed the House, it stalled in the Senate due to lack of Democratic support. Republicans have a 53-47 majority in the Senate as of this writing. The legislation must pass both chambers before the president can sign it into law. For more on the SAVE America Act, we explained how it might change the voting process if it becomes law. Thune's comments, in full Here's what Thune said about bringing the SAVE America Act back for consideration, per the transcript shared by his office via email (emphasis ours): REPORTER: Once reconciliation and FISA are done, do you plan on holding a vote to get back on the SAVE Act? THUNE: You know, obviously, these are fairly pressing issues that we've got to deal with that have a sense of the deadlines attached to them (ICE/Border Patrol funding and FISA). So we'll, you know, if we get through this, and depending if there are any crises that come up next, you know, we're going to have the ongoing things that we have to do, but if we can get back on the SAVE Act, yeah. I mean, we have been on it for a while, it's the pending business, but to do these other things, we're going to have to pivot off. But if we don't have other pressing stuff in front of us that has to get done and has a short timeline associated with it, then we'll see about getting back on it, yeah. As demonstrated above, Thune did not say he was no longer considering the SAVE America Act, but he also did not outright commit to a vote. Ryan Wrasse, a spokesperson for Thune, said the senator made these comments to "20-plus reporters in the Capitol." Adblock test (Why?)
Is John Thune 'no longer considering' SAVE America Act in Senate, as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna claimed?
Claim: As of April 20, 2026, Senate Majority Leader John Thune is refusing to bring the SAVE America Act up for debate or for a vote in the Senate. What's True Thune did not commit to reviving efforts to pass the SAVE America Act in comments made to reporters at the U.S. Capitol. What's False In his comments to Capitol reporters, Thune clearly said he would consider bringing the SAVE America Act back up for consideration once the Senate was done with "other pressing stuff," such as funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On April 20, 2026, U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida claimed on X that Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, a fellow Republican, was "no longer considering" the SAVE America Act, legislation that would require proof of citizenship to vote. Social media users circulated Luna's claim on Facebook (screenshot), Threads and X. However, Luna provided no evidence to back up her claim. In fact, in comments Thune made to Capitol reporters on April 20, he said he would consider returning to the SAVE America Act after handling "fairly pressing issues" such as funding for federal immigration enforcement, which has a "deadline attached." (In response to an inquiry about Luna's claim, Thune's office shared these comments to Snopes via email.) In Thune's comments, he did not commit to bringing the SAVE America Act back for consideration by the Senate. However, given that he did not shut the door on the legislation completely, making the general gist of the claim untrue, we have rated this claim as mostly false. Luna's office did not immediately respond to a request for more information. Her X post came as U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies led a pressure campaign aimed at Thune to pass the SAVE America Act by ending the Senate filibuster, which requires a three-fifths majority vote to pass legislation. While the SAVE America Act passed the House, it stalled in the Senate due to lack of Democratic support. Republicans have a 53-47 majority in the Senate as of this writing. The legislation must pass both chambers before the president can sign it into law. For more on the SAVE America Act, we explained how it might change the voting process if it becomes law. Thune's comments, in full Here's what Thune said about bringing the SAVE America Act back for consideration, per the transcript shared by his office via email (emphasis ours): REPORTER: Once reconciliation and FISA are done, do you plan on holding a vote to get back on the SAVE Act? THUNE: You know, obviously, these are fairly pressing issues that we've got to deal with that have a sense of the deadlines attached to them (ICE/Border Patrol funding and FISA). So we'll, you know, if we get through this, and depending if there are any crises that come up next, you know, we're going to have the ongoing things that we have to do, but if we can get back on the SAVE Act, yeah. I mean, we have been on it for a while, it's the pending business, but to do these other things, we're going to have to pivot off. But if we don't have other pressing stuff in front of us that has to get done and has a short timeline associated with it, then we'll see about getting back on it, yeah. As demonstrated above, Thune did not say he was no longer considering the SAVE America Act, but he also did not outright commit to a vote. Ryan Wrasse, a spokesperson for Thune, said the senator made these comments to "20-plus reporters in the Capitol." Adblock test (Why?)
Unpacking claims Trump's 'DoorDash Grandma' was 'paid actor,' testified at previous hearing
In April 2026, social media users and some news media outlets shared various claims about Sharon Simmons, a woman who participated in a White House event on April 13 involving a DoorDash delivery to the Oval Office. U.S. President Donald Trump opened the door and greeted Simmons, as well as a group of photographers, reporters and videographers for the organized occasion. Trump told the journalists, with a smile, "This doesn't look staged, does it?" He discussed with Simmons how his "no taxes on tips" policy in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" allegedly benefitted her, then fielded reporters' questions. Following the event, social media users alleged that Simmons was a paid actor and that she had previously spoken publicly about the "no taxes on tips" policy. Some shared false and unsubstantiated claims about her. It was true that Simmons had testified at a House Ways and Means Committee field hearing in 2025 about Trump's "no taxes on tips" policy. It was unclear whether she was paid for her role in the White House event. On April 13, 2026, a woman named Sharon Simmons — dressed in a red "DoorDash Grandma" T-shirt — knocked on the Oval Office's exterior door to deliver two bags of McDonald's food. U.S. President Donald Trump walked out of the White House to greet her, then he looked toward photographers, reporters and videographers with a smile to sarcastically joke, "This doesn't look staged, does it?" After discussing how his "no taxes on tips" policy allegedly helped Simmons with her work as a delivery driver, Trump asked her, "Why don't we have a news conference with the press?" Trump spoke to the journalists, then tipped Simmons in cash following a reporter's question. [embedded content] Following the event, online users and some news media outlets shared several claims, including that Simmons was a "maga paid prop" and "paid actor" taking part in a staged event, that she previously participated in a congressional hearing in Nevada on the topic of Trump's budget bill, and that she misleadingly claimed to live in three states at the same time. Snopes did not add a fact-check rating to this article due to the fact this matter involves multiple claims. While it was true that Simmons previously spoke out during a congressional hearing, claims about her being a paid actor were unsubstantiated and rumors about her claiming to live in three states at once were simply false. A DoorDash spokesperson shared clarifying information with us about Simmons. The White House provided us with a general statement that did not address any of our questions. We also asked DoorDash and a northwest Arkansas Fox affiliate that interviewed Simmons if they could put us in contact with her. Examining claims about 'DoorDash Grandma' Users' many claims about Simmons trace back nearly one year and to the state of Nevada. On July 25, 2025, Simmons was one of seven witnesses before a House Ways and Means Committee field hearing in Las Vegas, centered on Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." The Ways and Means Committee Republicans YouTube channel hosts a video of the full hearing. [embedded content] During Simmons' testimony, she said she had worked for DoorDash for three years in Boulder City, Nevada, and was originally from Missouri, adding that her 10 grandchildren live in the Show Me State. She also spoke about how Trump's "no taxes on tips" — a policy in Trump's spending bill — benefited her family, saying the savings helped with her husband's cancer treatments. It was not clear how Simmons was chosen to participate in the hearing. Following the White House event on April 13, DoorDash posted a video — as well as a news release (archived) — showing Simmons picking up the delivery from the McDonald's restaurant nearest to the White House and driving a DoorDash-branded car inside the gates and up to the building. The brief clip also included Trump's quip, "This doesn't look staged, does it?" Following the event, users shared screenshots (archived) and videos (archived) of Simmons' Nevada hearing appearance to claim — without providing evidence — that she worked as a paid actor (archived, archived) for the Trump administration. (@actingliketommy/X) Other users falsely claimed Simmons said she simultaneously worked in Arkansas, Missouri and Nevada. Users shared a video published April 10 on Republican U.S. Rep. Jason Smith's congressional Facebook page, without the context that Simmons said in her July 2025 testimony that before moving to Nevada she lived in Smith's Missouri district. (Smith, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, presided over the hearing in which Simmons participated.) DoorDash spokesperson Parker Dorrough told Snopes via email that Simmons "is not a paid actor" and that she took part in an "honorary delivery" to promote Trump's "no taxes on tips" policy. Dourrough did not say whether Simmons was paid a specific amount for her role in the event. Dorrough also noted Simmons moved from Nevada to Arkansas — which borders Missouri — in late 2025 to spend more time with family. Snopes did not yet independently verify this information. Dorrough's DoorDash statement featured further clarifying details: At the time of the Ways and Means field hearing on NTOT, Sharon was dashing in the Las Vegas area where she lived. It is also correct that she moved to Arkansas late last year to be closer to family. Sharon is in fact a Dasher, and has completed more than 14,000 lifetime dashes. We regularly work with Dashers and merchants who want to tell their stories or make their voices heard on policy issues that matter to them. Sharon was one of more than 40,000 Dashers who advocated for the bipartisan NTOT policy. Sharon is not a paid actor, she's an everyday American who joined our platform because she loves the flexibility gig work offers her to earn money on her own time. And as you can imagine, no, she didn't just show up to the White House. It was a planned moment to complete a special, honorary delivery highlighting the hundreds of thousands of people who get to keep more of the tips they earned thanks to No Tax on Tips. A Fox TV affiliate covering northwest Arkansas reported Simmons lives in Fayetteville — a city close to the state's border with Missouri. An anchor with the outlet added, "Sharon says DoorDash selected her for this opportunity celebrating 'no taxes on tips' after seeing how she handled herself in front of congressional hearings" — a reference to the Nevada hearing in July 2025. [embedded content] On April 14, Simmons herself repeated some of those same details in an interview with Fox News, including saying she moved to Arkansas to spend more time with and be closer to her family. She also clarified she made more than $11,000 in tips, after telling Trump she saved over $11,000 — and after the White House incorrectly labeled the dollar figure as a "refund." Julian Crowley, another DoorDash spokesperson, responded on X to various claims (archived) from users. For example, in one reply, Crowley told (archived) a user, referencing Simmons, "What are you talking about? She is an everyday American. She lived in Nevada, told lawmakers there No Tax on Tips would help, moved to Arkansas, and then came to DC to do this special delivery to mark No Tax on Tips happening. You need to touch grass." For further reading, we previously reported about whether DoorDash shared data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to facilitate the deportation of delivery drivers. Sources Crowley, Julian. X, 13 Apr. 2026, https://x.com/julian_fels/. "Dasher Completes First Ever White House Delivery to Mark Impact of No Tax on Tips." DoorDash, 13 Apr. 2026, https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/dasher-visits-white-house-to-celebrate-no-tax-on-tips. @DoorDashImpact. "Most Deliveries Don't End at the @WhiteHouse." X, 13 Apr. 2026, https://x.com/DoorDashImpact/status/2043877947832983761. "Fayetteville Door Dasher Delivers to Oval Office." YouTube, NWAhomepage com, 13 Apr. 2026, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nc8usWqcYg. "Full Committee Field Hearing: The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Delivering for American Workers." YouTube, Ways and Means Committee Republicans, 25 July 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d867U85jJDM. "Full Committee Field Hearing: The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Delivering for American Workers - Las Vegas, Nevada." Ways and Means, 25 July 2025, https://waysandmeans.house.gov/event/full-committee-field-hearing-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-delivering-for-american-workers-las-vegas-nevada/. "In the Working Families Tax Cuts, President Trump and Republicans Passed 'No Tax on Tips' for Working Class Americans, like Sharon Simmons..." Facebook, Congressman Jason Smith, 10 Apr. 2026, https://www.facebook.com/reel/1534866431982476. "One, Big, Beautiful Bill: How to Take Advantage of No Tax on Tips and Overtime | Internal Revenue Service." IRS, 26 Jan. 2026, https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/one-big-beautiful-bill-how-to-take-advantage-of-no-tax-on-tips-and-overtime. "The Chairman." Ways and Means, https://waysandmeans.house.gov/the-chairman/. Weissert, Will. "Trump Tips DoorDash Driver $100 for Delivering McDonald's to Oval Office." The Associated Press, 13 Apr. 2026, https://apnews.com/article/trump-doordash-mcdonalds-tax-tips-iran-pope-cdec935afd68b86b264ed1b0de772e1d. Adblock test (Why?)
Did Connecticut congressman file articles of impeachment against Trump?
Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., filed 13 articles of impeachment against Trump. He also called for the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.
Did Connecticut congressman file articles of impeachment against Trump?
Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., filed 13 articles of impeachment against Trump. He also called for the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.
Why 'pizza' mentions in Epstein files don't prove 'pizzagate' conspiracy theory
Online users and Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert failed to fully research the Epstein files before sharing the false claim.