Biden administration ‘strongly opposes’ bill requiring voters to prove citizenship

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President Joe Biden is unambiguously against voters showing Identification in order to vote. In a statement released Monday, the Biden administration opposed a GOP-led bill that requires voters to prove their citizenship in the United States in order to vote in federal elections.

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The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act was introduced by Texas Rep. Chip Roy, a Republican, earlier this year and could come up for a House vote this week, according to the Daily Wire.

The Biden administration argued that the bill is “redundant” and unnecessary because it is already illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal elections, and punishable by prison time or fines. So then why would they hesitate to support a simple process of showing identification?

“The alleged justification for this bill is based on easily disproven falsehoods,” Biden’s statement said. “Additionally, making a false claim of citizenship or unlawfully voting in an election is punishable by removal from the United States and a permanent bar to admission.”

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has pushed the House to pass the bill and chastised President Joe Biden in a statement on Monday for threatening to veto the legislation:

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“It should alarm every American citizen that the sitting President of the United States, who has opened our border to over 9 million illegals, just announced that he would veto our bill to prevent noncitizens from voting,” the speaker posted to X.

 

 

 

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