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Fetterman disappoints again--supports SAVE act [View all]
https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania-politics/fetterman-backs-save-act-says-voter-id-not-jim-crow/(WHTM) — U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) broke with his party again this weekend by backing a Republican-led effort to require identification when voting in federal elections.
The House is set to vote this week on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which proposes requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and valid identification to cast a ballot.
Democrats largely oppose voter ID laws because they argue that they would disenfranchise voters. Fetterman rebuffed those worries in a weekend appearance on Fox News.
“It’s not a radical idea for regular Americans to show your ID to vote, and absolutely those things are not Jim Crow or anything,” Fetterman said. “Of course, that’s part of an awful, awful legacy of our nation.”
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Then again what the fuck else is new with him.
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