While battling the SAVE America Act, Democrats’ go-to grenade has exploded in their faces. “Photo ID = Jim Crow 2.0!” has proven to be patently prejudiced. It is downright bigoted to claim that blacks and other voters of color are too dazed and confused to acquire photo ID, especially when 50 states already have issued licenses to an estimated 31 million black drivers. Federal agents ask the same supposedly dimwitted black passengers for photo ID at airport checkpoints. Somehow, they comply and fly daily.
No wonder black Americans reject this racist rubbish. In a 2025 Pew Research poll, 76% of blacks favored photo ID to vote, as did 82% of Hispanics. (Ditto: 85% of whites). Just how stupid do leftists think these respondents of color are?
Democrats have built a new hill to die on. They swear that the SAVE America Act’s proof-of-U.S.-citizenship requirement will stymie potential voters. Democrats whine that locating one’s birth certificate is an insurmountable hurdle—like pinpointing one’s kindergarten report card.
“You have to prove U.S. citizenship,” Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., told MS Now’s Chris Jansing. “If you don’t have a passport, it’s pretty hard to prove that, unless you can somehow find your birth certificate.”
“You’ve got to find your birth certificate, Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently moaned. “I have no clue where mine is.”
“I don’t have my birth certificate,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told KTLA-TV. Mystified, he added, “God knows how I get it.”
Divine intervention is unnecessary here.
Birth certificates are far easier to attain than leftist liars argue. One need not trawl through parental attics for such papers.
Instead, VitalChek.com offers birth certificates online. I applied for one from California in eight minutes. This is so easy, even Newsom could do it.
VitalChek is a 45-state solution. Hawaii, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Wyoming offer birth records online, but only through their own websites.
VitalChek’s prices average $35.16, ranging from as little as Michigan’s $9 to as much as Arizona’s $95. (The five non-VitalChek states charge from Vermont’s $12 to Wyoming’s $26.) Shipping is extra. Documents arrive directly from relevant government agencies.
“Photo ID costs money!” Democrats will bellow.
Republicans want photo IDs gratis for voting. They could arrange for VitalChek and its competitors to accept a coupon code (e.g., REGISTER). This would slash prices to $0.00. The U.S. Treasury would pay this foregone revenue to VitalChek et al.
Alternatively, Audacy/YouTube host Annie Frey suggests that new voters recover registration expenses via federal tax credits.
Republicans would endorse such federal spending. Another Democrat kvetch bites the dust.
Meanwhile, public enthusiasm remains enormous and bipartisan for the SAVE America Act and its reforms. A Feb. 25-26 Harvard-Harris survey of 1,999 registered voters found that 71% support this measure, including 50% of Democrats, 69% of independents, and 91% of Republicans.
Regarding proof of citizenship to register, 75% of those polled agree, specifically: 61% of Democrats, 73% of independents, and 90% of Republicans.
Should states delete foreign citizens from voter rolls? Broadly, 80% approve, namely 72% of Democrats, 76% of independents, and 90% of GOP participants.
Photo ID to vote? Overall, 81% applaud. Democrats: 70%. Independents: 79%. Republicans: 92%.
Thus, Republicans, independents, and even Democrats overwhelmingly want the SAVE America Act and its policies. Simultaneously, Democrat critiques have devolved from ridiculous to racist.
So, why the hell is this bill stuck in the Senate?
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., seems too petrified to schedule a vote and, if necessary, push Democrats into a talking filibuster. Thune should make them stand up until their knees buckle. Let Democrats explain why they reject legislation that at least half their fellow Democrats desire, as do seven of 10 independents and nine of 10 Republicans.
Americans demand the SAVE America Act.
Senate Republicans should give them what they want.
Thune: Get on with it. Lead or step aside.
Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News contributor and a contributing editor with The American Spectator.
Reprinted with Permission from The Daily Signal – By Deroy Murdock
The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of AMAC or AMAC Action.
What has the world come to,,,we have US Senators and representatives who can’t find their birth certificates and a US Supreme Court judge who doesn’t know the difference between a man and a woman. Could we please get some adults in office who have a modicum of common sense and dribble of responsibility?!?!?
I hope that those who have voted for democrats will see once and for all the low opinion the democrat leadership has for their voter base. The fact that they think their base is too ignorant to be able to obtain identification says it all.
Serve (cheap / free) beer at the polls. Then everybody will show ID.
Thune is an anti-Trump RINO and refused to allow the filibuster because he knew the bill would be defeated if he did not allow the filibuster. This is calculated against the president and Thune should lose his place as majority leader immediately. He’s done nothing good so far in his tenure, nothing that showed real leadership or strength. If we do not win in November, everything that has happened to right the Biden wrongs will be overturned and the villainous Dems will take advantage and do a repeat of Trump’s first term.
To be admitted to ANY DNC Convention you MUST show picture ID. So that means the Democrat Party must all be racists and sexist.
I just recently went to the Health Department in the county that I was born in and within 15 minutes, I had a new copy of my birth certificate. It was so easy to do. I don’t understand why the Democrats think it is hard to get a copy of your birth certificate, unless it’s because they want it seem that way for their perverted views. I could have ordered it online as well, but since I had other business in the same area, it was just easier to go pick up a copy.
Having this many US Senators, etc. who are not smart enough to get ID does explain a lot about politics.
I have to show my photo ID on senior discount day at a thrift shop.
Why do we continue to tolerate the Democratic Party and their allies, time has come to stop all of them once and for all! We the American people need to take our country back at all cost!
Gawd I have grown to HATE Democrats (the party, not its voters…though i feel sorry for them). Everyday lies. Get this straight… STOP SAYING “The American People demand this and that….it’s been shown and proven you care squat for the American People. Illegal Criminal Immigrants is who you bend over forward now.
If you need your birth certificate, contact the vital records dept. of the city/town/county you were born in. They might have a $2 copy fee but otherwise, there is no charge. It can also be done online.
This copied from a local website:
“The Fayette County Public Health’s Office issues certified copies of Washington Court House birth certificates, Washington Court House death certificates and Washington Court House marriage records for events that occurred in Washington Court House, Ohio. You may order copies of Washington Court House vital records through this office or their state equivalent. Check the Ohio state page for a full list of available offices.”
After reading this & some of the other articles about Schumer & his evil cronies, I don’t understand why they get away with everything. Why can’t the Republican House & Senate put a stop to it all. Thune should be ashamed of himself. A real whimp not doing what he should do about the filibuster; he’s afraid of Schumer. Thune needs to go too, a snake in the grass. If the Dems don’t want to discuss matters & find results or won’t do anything for us citizens because of their hatred for Trump then they should all be fired for not doing the job they were elected to do. We, the people suffer the consequences of their actions. I’m sick of their ****. We see the Dems doing all sorts of stupid antics on TV or flitting around the country making speeches about NOTHING important. It’s obvious they haven’t done a thing for their constituents since Trumps election on 2nd term. All they do is bash Trump & the USA. We, the taxpayers are paying for them to do nothing in office, because they’re too busy setting up protests, podcasts to bash everything Trump says or does, go on CNN or MSNOW to continue the hatred. Do nothing & get paid. The people being deceived by all the lies need a good kick in the butt, wake up & vote this nonsense out of office. We’re headed in the wrong direction when we see sharia law coming in to our country, little girl’s having to cover their hair & drawings from American children offensive to sharia in our public schools. If parents don’t speak up it will get worse. Sharia is taking over under your noses & you’re letting this happen. This is the United States of America, not any other country. Love it or leave it. I could go on but I can feel my blood pressure rising.
What is the big deal Mr.Thune? If you are not MAN ENOUGH TO WHIP THE SENATE INTO SHAPE PLEASE DO NOT LET IT SLIP TO CRYING CHUCK!!!!!!! THESE ACTIONS BY THIS BODY POLITIC IS SO SHAMEFUL THAT THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT!!THE ELECTIONS CAN’T HAPPEN TOO SOON!!MY LEGAL IMMAGRANT FATHER IS ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE WATCHING ALL THIS STOOOOOOPID HAPPEN!!! SHAME,SHAME,SHAME ON ALL.OF YOU!!!!
The people who are not capable of obtaining their birth certificate are all the illegals who don’t have one to begin with. The democrats are not voting for this because they are protecting the illegal vote.
This is NOT 1900 when many children were born at home and perhaps had parents who didn’t report their births! Everybody [99%] have birth certificates or can get them UNLESS doing so would show that they are ILLEGAL. As for cost, those states which already have ID laws have rules that lower or eliminate costs for that purpose!
Both of Arizona’s senators care more about foreigners than Americans. They both believe that the value of the dollar should Beas close to zero as possible and that Americans citizens have no rights but those granted them by government. Anti-Americans, both! And kudos to USN Retired!
Jim Crow law was completed by Southern Democrats to stop the freed slaves from having the right to vote. There was also a Poll Tax that had to be paid before voters’ cards were sent. So glad these laws were deleted. Democrats are a bunch of cry babies who can’t read our history books.
Here is what is listed for my county in Ohio. It took me less than 2 minutes to look this up on a computer.
The Vital Statistics of Scioto County Health Department maintains birth records from December 20, 1908 to present of births anywhere in OHIO. Costs are $25.00 per certified copy. Records may be requested in person Monday-Friday from 8:30-4:15. You may also send a request for a birth or death record by mail.
Please include; the request form, method of payment a phone number, and a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Please do not send cash by mail.
It includes a link for the request form also.
The more the Democrat Party holds our nation in limbo, the more I question their ability, mentally and academically, being qualified to even be in the Legislature!
They have no conscience that many government employees are not being paid while they do nothing but still receive their Salary!
What uncaring, hypocritical acts they are piously performing!
May we remember these uncaring “representives” that cast away their oath (when taking office) that they swore to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States SO HELP ME GOD!
It is plain and simple the Dems want to cheat. There is no other explanation. Anyone can get ID. The Dems are actually saying their constituents are too stupid to get ID. Everyone should leave that incompetent party and vote Republican.
Isn’t the word you want to use “obtain”? Instead of ”attain”? You don’t achieve your birth certificate.
It’s easy to get your birth certificate if you are a citizen, makes you wonder why lil half black osambo bin obama had such a hard time finding his. Oh yea didn’t he have several social security numbers as well?
Can Thune be removed? If he refuses to do the job give it to someone that will!
ONLY fake voters can’t produce a birth certificate. Invaders just WON’T produce their birth certificate. WATCH OUT. AI will soon be producing fake birth certificates, along with fake ballots.
I know something I like to hand out to every Democrat it’s called a DEATH CERTIFICATE!!!
And you are a caveman! LMAO!
I found where to obtain a copy of my Naturalization Certificate from the USCIS site but it will cost over $550! If the SAVE Act doesn’t already have something that would bring that cost to reasonable level, it certainly needs it! How many people would vote if it cost them that much?
How do naturalized citizens find a copy of their naturalization papers if they don’t have them?
Years ago I lost my birth certificate when moving. I called the hospital where I was born (thank goodness it was still there) and they sent me another one for free. So, no if you use your resources, it should not be that hard to get one. So, democrats try another one.
Why do blacks keep reflexively voting for a party that considers them so lazy and feeble minded to do the simple act of requesting their birth certificate? Most likely many already have them to be able to avail themselves to other services that accept no silly excuses for not having the necessary documentation to obtain a real id to get a drivers’ license or an issued ID card. VOTE EARLY AND VOTE OFTEN is the actual motivating factor in the dems opposition to ID legislation.. Nothing else but!
I would change one word, Take out Democratic and replace with Politicians. That would make your statement 100% accurate, for it encompasses all, Dems and Reps.
I bet these same people don’t have a problem showing a photo ID to get a veterans
discount at some of the major stores.