Trump Delays Clayton Nomination to Push on (anti-) Voting Bill

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Trump Delays Clayton Nomination to Push on Voting Bill

June 17, 2026 at 7:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 17 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/17/trump-delays-clayton-nomination-to-push-on-voting-bill/

“President Trump said on Wednesday that he was delaying his nomination of Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence as he again tried to pressure Congress to pass a strict voter identification law that does not have enough support to advance,” the New York Times reports.

“That would leave Bill Pulte, who has no known national security experience, as the acting director of national intelligence.”

Washington Post: Trump says intelligence chief pick’s hearing is off and Pulte will remain for now.

Applegrove: he's now bullying his GOP Senators. This should go well.

This administration is FEVERISHLY working to restrict YOUR vote

There’s a new push to get the Senate to pass the SAVE act which would eliminate millions of legal people from voting

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

— @midwest-voter.bsky.social 2026-06-17T19:10:23.603Z

[TexLaProgressive]

1. Correction - "Trump Delays Clayton Nomination to Push Anti-Voting Bill

[applegrove]

2. Fixed the OP. Thanks.

[TexLaProgressive]

3. I think we should call it what it is.

[applegrove]

4. Yes. Too many people think it is just about showing ID at the polls

and not that they are going to keep millions (women who changed their names at marriage) from voting.