Senate Democrats compare GOP voter ID push to “Jim Crow 2.0,” but Sen. Mike Lee calls the comparison “paranoid fantasy” as the debate intensifies over federal election requirements.
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SenateDemocratshavepannedtheGOP’spushforvoterIDlegislationasakintosegregationistlawsfromtheDeepSouth,butthearchitectofthebillintheSenatesaystheirargumentsaredetachedfromreality.
“It’sparanoidfantasy,”Sen.MikeLee,R-Utah,toldFoxNewsDigital.“Theseareabsurdarguments.Theyshouldbeashamedtomakethem.”
LeewasrespondingtocommentsfromSenateMinorityLeaderChuckSchumer,D-N.Y.,whohasdoubleddownonhisclaimthattheSafeguardingAmericanVoterEligibility(SAVE)AmericaActis“JimCrow2.0.”
THUNEGUARANTEESVOTERIDBILLTOHITTHESENATEDESPITESCHUMER,DEMOPPOSITION:‘WEWILLHAVEAVOTE’
Thebill,whichpassedtheHouselastweekandhasbeenintroducedandchampionedbyLeeintheSenate,wouldrequirephotoIDtovoteinfederalelections,proofofcitizenshiptoregisterandwouldmandatethatstateskeepvoterrollsclearofin
