President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that their question about a Wednesday Supreme Court ruling on a Louisiana congressional district that weakens the Voting Rights Act was the first time he heard of the decision.

The Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday rolling back protections for Black and Latino voters marks another dramatic turn in the long-fought effort by conservative justices to reverse measures vital to overcoming America’s legacy of race discrimination.

Trump says that Democrats can only win in the midterms if they cheat and explicitly said Republicans need to pass the SAVE America Act to win in November

This year's dinner, themed “Liberty or Oppression,” comes amid what Democrats call a Trump‑backed assault on voting rights that threatens democracy.

Trump’s executive order abolishing birthright citizenship, now before the Supreme Court, is at direct odds with the SAVE America Act.