Trump pressuring GOP allies to crack down on voting rights: ‘We might never win again!’

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Donald Trump is looking to avenge his loss by cracking down on voting rights with the help of his Senate allies.

The twice-impeached one-term president has been calling up Republican allies in the U.S. Senate in recent days, according to two people familiar with the matter, to ask about H.R. 1, a sweeping voting rights bill that passed the Democratic-led House on Thursday, as GOP legislatures have been rolling back access to the polls in states he lost, reported The Daily Beast.

“Do you think it has a chance?” Trump has asked, wondering whether Republicans will unite to spike the bill. Continue reading.