As the feud over the SAVE America Act continues to work its way through Congress, with Senators fighting and bickering over the bill and the Uniparty firmly aligning behind the opinion that it is utterly unacceptable, for vague reasons basically related to them not wanting the photo ID requirements or proof of citizenship requirements to be in force, it seems.
Amongst those who has been most staunchly opposed to the bill is Sen. Chuck Schumer. At one point, for example, he appeared on CNN and attacked the bill by insisting that it is essentially Jim Crow 2.0, saying, “We have the voter ID laws that, first, each state can have its own voter ID laws, and some do and some don’t. But secondly, what they are proposing in this so-called SAVE Act is like Jim Crow 2.0. They make it so hard to get any kind of voter ID that more than 20 million legitimate people, mainly poor people and people of color, will not be able to vote under this law.”
Concluding, that point, the senator declared, “We will not let it pass in the Senate. We are fighting it tooth and nail. It’s an outrageous proposal that is, you know, that shows the sort of political bias of the MAGA right. They don’t want poor people to vote. They don’t want people of color to vote because they often don’t vote for them.”
But that wasn’t all. At another point, he appeared on the floor of the United States Senate and insisted that not only is the SAVE America Act a “voter suppression bill”, but rather it is a “Voter suppression” package of legislation. How stopping illegal aliens or other non-citizens from voting is “voter suppression” was left unstated by the senator.
Instead, he used that as a launching point for claiming, in the face of all the evidence, that the bill and its provisions are not popular amongst any but the most radical MAGA fringe. He said, “That is what the Republican Senate is wasting our time on, pushing a voter suppression bill that most Americans do not support, a bill that appeals to only the most fringe element of the MAGA base.”
His claims were so ridiculous that even CNN felt the need to chime in and go after them with a vengeance. Doing so was CNN’s Harry Enten, who used the opportunity to reveal that, in reality, the SAVE America Act and its provisions are not particularly controversial amongst Americans, who largely support it.
He said, “Take a look here. Favorite photo ID to vote. 85% of white people favor it. 82% of Latino 76% of black Americans favor it. So the bottom line is this, voter ID is not controversial in this country. A photo ID to vote is not controversial in this country. It is not controversial by party, and it is not controversial by race. The vast majority of Americans agree with Nicki Minaj that, in fact, you should have a photo ID to be able to vote.”
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Watch him fact-check Schumer here:
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