Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, who has broken with Democrats on multiple issues, is toeing the party line on the SAVE America Act, criticizing President Donald Trump over concerns about mail-in ballots and gender procedures for children on Wednesday night. During an appearance on CBS News’s “The Takeout with Major Garrett,” Fetterman said he doesn’t support the SAVE America Act “in its current state.” The legislation, which would establish strict voter ID requirements and limit the use of mail-in ballots, is Trump’s top priority for the Senate. “The president is constantly critical on mail-in voting, and that’s ridiculous. It’s safe,” Fetterman said. “Some of the best examples in the country are from red states like Ohio and Florida, of course.” “I can’t ever vote for that,” the Democrat added. “Because I could never agree [with] something that’s just not true.” Fetterman highlighted how Republicans and Democrats passed legislation in Pennsylvania in 2019 to legalize mail-in voting. Two years later, following Trump’s 2020 loss, many Pennsylvania Republicans filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2019 voting law. Along with imposing strict voter ID requirements and mail-in ballot rules, the SAVE America Act would also keep men from competing in women’s sports and protect children from gender procedures. Fetterman said he also opposes the effort from Trump and Republicans to pass legislation that would outlaw life-altering gender procedures on minors. “That entire community, I refuse to target that or pick on that. It’s difficult enough for transgender kids, so I think this is the wrong venue to discuss it nationally,” Fetterman added. “I think it’s a very personal choice for parents and their children,” he continued. “And I think it’s increasingly going to become a more local or maybe state kind of decisions.” Fetterman acknowledged that the “vast majority” of Americans support requiring people to show ID to register to vote, and he signaled that he would support legislation that focuses solely on enacting stricter voter ID requirements. Recent polls show that more than 80% of Americans back such restrictions. “Hey, I’m not going to tell 83% of Americans that they’re wrong, or that they’re Jim Crow,” he said, referring to a talking point from many Democrats who have claimed that the SAVE America Act would disenfranchise more than 20 million voters and act as “Jim Crow 2.0.” Fetterman blasted Democrats’ characterization of the SAVE America Act as “Jim Crow 2.0.” “I would never refer to the SAVE Act as like Jim Crow 2.0 or some kind of mass conspiracy,” he told Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany during an appearance on “Saturday in America.” Fetterman told CBS News that the SAVE America Act doesn’t stand a chance in the Senate “because of the filibuster.” The Democrat admitted that part of the reason he ran for Senate in 2022 was to help his party abolish the filibuster, adding, “But now we find ourselves as Democrats, we love the filibuster. We cling to that.” President Trump has called on Republican leaders to change Senate rules and use the talking filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act, legislation that he has called “the most popular bill put before Congress.” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), however, has said there isn’t enough Republican support to use the talking filibuster. Thune is expected to bring the SAVE America Act to the floor for a vote in the near future, but it’s likely to fall short of the 60-vote threshold to overcome a filibuster.