Vice President JD Vance responded to concerns that the Trump administration is seeking to “nationalize elections” by pointing to a voter identification law currently being debated in the Senate.
Vance held a rally in Rochester Hills, Michigan, on Wednesday.
“If what you mean by ‘intervening in the election’ is that we want everybody to have a voter ID before voting in this country, yes, we should be doing that, to be clear,” Vance said in response to a question from a local reporter. The audience applauded in response, and some chanted “USA.”
A local reporter had cited concern that the federal government might “intervene” in the upcoming midterm election in the state, asking the vice president if he would “promise” no federal intervention. When Vance asked for clarification, the reporter brought up previous comments by President Donald Trump.
In a February interview with former FBI head Dan Bongino, Trump had said that Republicans “should take over the voting” in some places and “nationalize the voting,” citing concerns about election integrity.
Vance responded to the question by championing the SAVE America Act.
Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to launch debate on the bill, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and a valid photo ID to vote.
The Senate will hold a vote on the bill, preceded by a lengthy floor debate this week.
“The president and I have been working very hard, and we actually got a good vote yesterday in the United States Senate on the SAVE America Act, which is a very simple piece of legislation that does a number of things,” Vance said.
“But one of the things it does is actually establish this very simple principle that if you’re going to vote in a federal election, you ought to show identification before you do. So, I think that’s very much common sense.”
Those who believe in American sovereignty should support voter ID, Vance said.
“If you believe, as I do, that the American people are sovereign in their own country,” Vance said, “then you have to believe that their vote should be protected and the only way to fully protect their vote is to prevent fraudsters from coming and vote in American elections.”
“So, no, we don’t want to intervene in elections, but we certainly want to make elections safe and secure,” Vance said. “No. 1, because we want to make sure that the will of the voters is actually recognized and respected.”
Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House Correspondent for “The Daily Signal.”
Reprinted with Permission from The Daily Signal – By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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I can’t stand listening to Chuck Schumer and Jeffries flat out LYING about this being Jim Crow 2.0, it will keep women from voting, and other ridiculous nonsense. The problem is, for them anyway, that they actually have started to believe if an illegal is here physically living in America, that it makes them an American. Its the only explanation that makes sense. WRONG!!!
All of the illegals should GO HOME to their countries. Not just the criminals. I really believe that we have close to 100 million non-citizens living here in the US. That is almost 1/3d of our population!!! I believed it was a lower number, until I read in an article the other day that Mexico says there are 50.5 MILLION Mexican citizens living in the US. And those are the ones they actually keep track of. Guessing they aren’t counting all those Mexicans anchor babies, so the number could be way higher. We should also pass a one citizenship only law. If you don’t choose America, then go home.
The Democrats want no voter ID for only one reason….so they can continue to cheat in our elections!! We know it and they know it but this continues to be a huge issue. There is NO issue. Democrats are scared to death they cannot win without cheating and it is TRUE!
In Indiana [RED STATE] we must show ID to vote! EVERYONE should show ID. DIMMs are calling their voters STUPID by saying they can’t figure out how to get an ID! How do they buy beer or cigarettes, rent a car, fly on a plane, rent a house, ad infinitum?
When I went to vote for President Trump in Austin, TX, I took my Driver’s License and my Passport. The person who checked me in kind of laughed and said, “Oh, you don’t need those!” More recently I voted in a local election, and yes, they checked my ID.
I’ve lived in Virginia most of my life. Whenever I went to vote, be it local, state or federal, I always had to show my driver’s license (photo ID) until last mid-terms. My name was on the list and when I started to show my ID, they said they didn’t need that, and they handed me my ballot.
No doubt, under Spanberger, no photo ID will be required for any voting unless the SAVE Act is passed and signed.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER WE THE PEOPLE. AND THEY CARE NOTHING ABOUT AMERICANS OR AMERICA.
However, what they DO CARE ABOUT ARE ONLY THREE THNGS:
MONEY, POWER, AND GETTING TRUMP.
THE THINGS THAT SUPPORT THESE THREE THINGS ARE:
MONEY (THE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS, IT NOT A TRILLION+ DOLLARS IN THEIR WASTE FRAUD AND ABUSE SCANDALS NATIONWIDE, BRINGS IN ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP THEM IN POWER FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS).
POWER (ILLEGALS ARE THE DEMOCRAPS NEW AND MAIN VOTING BASE. (That’s why they ALL LIED about the border being secure, and why the have fought so hard to keep it open for 4+ years. THEY LOVE ILLEGALS AND DO ALL THEY CAN TO ENCOURAGE THEM, PROTECT THEM, DEFEND THEM, AID AND ABET THEM, AND FIGHT AGAINST VOTER ID SO NOTHING CAN STOP THEM FROM VOTING, MULTIPLE TIMES).
GETTING TRUMP (THIS INSANE, METALLY SICK OBSESSION WITH GETTING TRUMP IS CAUSED BY TDS, A MOST SERIOUS BRAIN DISEASE THAT ALL RADICAL, AMERICA-LAST ILLEGALS-FIRST, LEFT-WINGERS HAVE, AND HAVE HAD FOR THE LAST NINE+ YEARS.
The DemoRATS are CONSUMED WITH ANGER and have tried EVERYTHING FROM MULTIPLE IMPEACHMENTS, DRUMMED UP FAKE CHARGES, ENDLESS AND DESPICABLE LIES, AND MULTIPLE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS TO STOP HIM. EVERYTHING HAS FAILED, MISERABLY. AND THIS INFURIATES THEM, INTENSIFYING THEIR TDS TO NEAR FATAL LEVELS. THIS HAS CAUSED
MANY OF THEIR VACUUM-FILLED HEADS TO LITERALLY EXPLODE.
Nothing wrong with that.
Good job by the VP. Well said.
Mexico requires photo ID to vote.
They call it a voter credential.
No credential no vote.
America should require voter ID to ensure Americans aren’t disenfranchised at the polls.
Living in Illinois, we have put up with voter fraud for decades. This bill is not racist and it’s not against woman. We all know why they (the communists) are against the SAVE ACT and the only way they can win an election is to cheat. Illinois is not as blue as everyone thinks. This bill is a must and WE THE PEOPLE want it signed by our president.
It is painless to show your ID at the voting booth. We have been doing this very thing in South Dakota for years. In those states who are so vehemently opposed to a legitimate ID I would propose dipping their finger in indelible ink so they can’t go to another precinct and vote again.
VERY GOOD VP VANCE!
IN TEXAS (RED STATE – AND PRAY IT STAYS THAT WAY!) WE HAVE TO SHOW VERIFIED ID TO VOTE!!!
Please lose the utterly idiotic “claps back” crap. It sounds soooo stupid that a DemocRat must have coined it.
his own mom chose chose drugs over him. Even she knew lol
Vance can be very rude to reporters just like someone else in WH. Why cannot they be civil and respectful to American citizens? And Vance did not mention the other items that are in SAVE act. And why did Trump say Republicans should nationalize elections?