On Fox News’ The Five, liberal co-host Jessica Tarlov argued the SAVE America Act, which would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship, such as passports or birth certificates, for federal voter registration,, would disenfranchise young people, the elderly, married women, adoptees, and foster youth lacking easy access to documents. After she claimed that over 20 million Americans lack such proof and nearly 50% have no passport, she predicted struggles if it were passed.
For context, Greg Gutfeld repeatedly pushed back, sarcastically mocking claims of a widespread inability to obtain IDs, asking Tarlov to name real people affected, and noting that her upper-middle-class background likely means everyone she knows has a passport. He quipped about voters being “too incapable” of proving citizenship and dismissed her concerns as exaggerated.
Tarlov grew frustrated, insisting she knows struggling people and referencing costs, such as $165 for passports and birth certificate fees in states like South Carolina. Gutfeld highlighted that most Americans already navigate IDs routinely.
Starting off her disingenuous comments, Tarlov claimed, “Here’s what the SAVE Act actually says and what it would require and who would disenfranchise young people, old people, married people.” Fellow Five host Gregg Guttfield interjected, “It’s not disenfranchising anybody.”
“If you cannot get yourself registered to vote because you don’t have a passport, give everyone $165 go door to door. You got 165, you got 165, or if you change your name, you are in the adoption system, foster care,” the triggered leftist said.
Guttfield retorted, “Ah, there’s the Democrat.” Prompting Tarlov to sarcastically say, “hahahaha.” Firing right back, the conservative reasonably suggested, “All right, if you’re 4547 joke was funny….” Still annoyed, the liberal said, “That was hilarious, that was legitimately very funny. Anyway…”
Making his own sarcastic clip, Guttfield joked, “We’re all just too incapable of proving our citizenship.” Sputtering with rage, Jessica Tarlov choked out, “You’re… I can’t wait till something like this actually happens. And then you know people who struggle. I actually do know people.”
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“Do you know somebody who doesn’t have an ID?” Guttfield asked, “Tell me about it. Well, you spent years talking about a person who could not get an ID, whom I’ve never met. How many people in your life believe this now? How many people in your life don’t have a passport?”
Admitting the obvious, she began, “In my life as an upper-middle-class…” Refusing to let up, the other host stated, ” Joey grew up in a situation where he said that even if you don’t know everybody who has one, everybody in your world has a passport. You can still figure out a way to get an ID.”
Triggered, Tarlov whined, “Yes, how can you figure out? How can you figure it out? “This world is so difficult,” Guttfield sardonically quipped, making her even angrier and creating a hilarious viral moment on the program.
Clearly losing control of the momentum, Tarlov raved, “All right, guys, again, door to door, all the money voting went up in South Carolina for a birth certificate. Carolina for birth certificate, four IDs, and only two of them are fake. ”
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In a social media post, she made similar arguments. “The SAVE Act won’t help America’s elections. Quite the opposite. The facts: over 20 million Americans don’t have access to those documents and nearly 50% of Americans don’t have a passport,” claiming, “If Republicans get this through they’d be in for a rude awakening when women who have changed their names, young people, and people without passports struggle to vote.”
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