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Election integrity is back in the spotlight this week. President Trump and congressional Republicans are doubling down on the Save America Act. It comes as Republicans are expressing discontent over California's slow pace in counting ballots. House Speaker Mike Johnson saying the state's election, quote, stinks to high heaven. NTD's Melina Weiskopf has that story. Election integrity back in the spotlight as California is still counting ballots from the June 2nd primary. House Speaker Mike Johnson telling reporters at the Capitol yesterday that the election stinks to high heaven and everyone knows it. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise echoing that point this morning, saying that the days-long process naturally leads to skepticism. I think it's, I think it's, it's raised a lot of skepticism among voters when they see these wide changes days and weeks after the election and you still can't get a result two, three weeks after an election happened. President Trump discussed this issue in an interview with NBC earlier this week, swiftly leaving after a heated exchange. And they aren't even close to coming up with it. You know why they're doing that? Because they're cheating on the election. What do you have evidence to support that? All I have to do is look. Your one-sided crooked network. So let's call it quits because I've had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time. Mr. President, let's please, I traveled all the way to Wisconsin. I've sat in the rain with you. I know. I've sat in the rain with you for an hour. I've given you enough time. You want to straighten out your press because you know what? A country can never be great with a dishonest. He traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview. The president is now calling on Senate Republicans to replace the Senate's parliamentarian. That is the Senate's rule keeper. She's the one who determines whether or not a bill meets the requirements to be able to pass it on a simple majority vote instead of the normal 60 vote threshold. The president writing on truth social Senate, majority leader, John Thune should immediately fire the parliamentarian who treats Republicans and everything they stand for horribly. Her opposition to the Save America Act effectively stripped it out of the bill to fund ICE and CBP, which passed the Senate last week and is now up for a vote in the House today. Now, if this doesn't pass on a party line process, it's unlikely to pass at all. And that was made clear last week when two Republican senators tried to offer an amendment to this package in order to pass the Save America Act, but it was opposed by Democrats. Now, Republicans are trying to make workarounds. For example, Senator Marsha Blackburn wants to pass the Save America Act piece by piece, starting with a bill to incentivize states to cross-check voter rolls. They verify their voter roll against this, and they take people off the voter roll who are not allowed to vote. So we're saying we'll give you a 10 percent plus up in your public safety grants. And House lawmakers have ideas of their own. Congressman Randy Fine wants to play hardball with his votes. Until the Senate passes the Save America Act, I'm not voting for any of their bills, and I am confident there's going to come a point at which they need my vote to pass one of their bills, and they're not going to have it. Congresswoman Ana Paulina Luna is taking a similar approach, saying that she will also withhold her votes on Senate-passed legislation until the Save America Act is passed. But she's also now taking it a step further, saying that she wants to withhold funding from states who refuse to purge their voter rolls. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Melina Weiskopf, NTD News.