SAVE America Act: 115 Days Stalled in the Senate │ Scott Presler & Merissa Caldwell

Jenny Beth Martin broadcasts from Phoenix, Arizona with two leading grassroots conservative activists for a deep dive on the SAVE America Act, the Senate stall-out, and the firing tyrants playbook. Guests: Scott Presler is the founder of Early Vote Action, a national voter registration and get-out-the-vote organization. A 2024 cycle force in Pennsylvania who helped deliver the Commonwealth for President Donald J. Trump, Scott is now leading the public 115-day campaign to pass the SAVE America Act and is running for the Republican Committee of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Merissa Caldwell is the founder and CEO of EZAZ.org, Arizona’s leading grassroots election integrity organization. A current Arizona state committeewoman, she helped elect Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap and led the legal and grassroots effort that exposed 133 non-citizens on Arizona’s voter rolls. Key Topics Covered: Why the SAVE America Act is the country-saving piece of legislation in front of the Senate Arizona’s bifurcated ballot system and what it means The Department of Homeland Security “Worst of the Worst” website and how Early Vote Action used it to find illegal aliens registered and voting How Arizona activists fired Recorder Steven Richer and elected Justin Heap The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the pro-Hamas legal strategist, and Recorder Heap’s recent court victory Personnel is policy: why staffers and consultants matter as much as elected officials Scott Presler’s run for the Republican Committee of Beaver County The history of the Tea Party movement and grassroots Republican Party organizing Activism for newcomers: poll workers, ballot couriers, postcard writers, and public comment The CouchSurfer postcard voter registration project: 15,000 postcards, 4,500 new voters Senators raising money off the SAVE America Act while refusing to vote it onto the floor Closing primary calendar: Indiana May 5, Louisiana May 16, Pennsylvania May 19, Texas May 26 Timestamped Topic Breakdown: 00:18 — Welcome from EZAZ Phoenix with Scott Presler and Merissa Caldwell 01:31 — Why Arizona: The Great State 48 03:29 — The SAVE America Act and Arizona’s bifurcated ballot system 06:12 — Marissa’s name change story: voter ID is not disenfranchisement 08:28 — 115 days stalled in the U.S. Senate 09:39 — DHS “Worst of the Worst” and illegal aliens found voting 12:45 — Coming for Cornyn and Cassidy in May primaries 14:36 — Firing Recorder Steven Richer and electing Justin Heap 16:05 — 133 non-citizens found on Arizona voter rolls 17:26 — Merissa’s “firing tyrants” motto 18:19 — Maricopa County Supervisors and the Pearl Harbor speaker 22:37 — What the SAVE database actually does 25:17 — Personnel is policy: Cornyn’s pro-amnesty consultants 33:25 — Scott Presler runs for Beaver County, Pennsylvania 36:20 — The founding of the Tea Party movement 43:54 — Activism for newcomers: how to start 46:07 — The hard ask: getting volunteers to commit 48:20 — The CouchSurfer postcard project: 4,500 voters registered 51:36 — Public comment power: a grandmother in Ohio bosses her school board 57:25 — Senators fundraising off the SAVE America Act 59:09 — Closing primary calendar: May 5, 16, 19, 26 1:01:19 — Merissa’s Arizona slate: Biggs, Kolodin, Petersen, Norton 1:04:00 — Capitol Switchboard and Alaska next weekend Links Mentioned: Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 passthesaveamericaact.com jennybethshow.com teapartypatriots.org ezaz.org earlyvoteaction.com