Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Yeah, so first of all, thank you for bringing this up because all the chaos in the flood of executive orders that continuously comes out of the White House, you know, this one is important to pay attention to. First of all, it's not his first attempt to try to get the personal information of every voter in America. He tried it in his first term.

Yeah, so first of all, thank you for bringing this up because all the chaos in the flood of executive orders that continuously comes out of the White House, you know, this one is important to pay attention to. First of all, it's not his first attempt to try to get the personal information of every voter in America. He tried it in his first term.

I remember vividly because I was serving as California Secretary of State at the time. We refused to cooperate with his sham of a commission. And ultimately, it was opposed by both Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State. So it failed. But now he's got Elon Musk by his side. And so he's trying again to get everybody's personal information across the country.

I remember vividly because I was serving as California Secretary of State at the time. We refused to cooperate with his sham of a commission. And ultimately, it was opposed by both Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State. So it failed. But now he's got Elon Musk by his side. And so he's trying again to get everybody's personal information across the country.

I remember vividly because I was serving as California Secretary of State at the time. We refused to cooperate with his sham of a commission. And ultimately, it was opposed by both Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State. So it failed. But now he's got Elon Musk by his side. And so he's trying again to get everybody's personal information across the country.

We're not going to stand for it. Number two, when he says this executive order is important so that we make sure that non-citizens don't vote in our elections, it's already the law that you have to be a citizen to be eligible to register to vote and vote in our election. So it is a a solution in search of a problem. And it's a problematic solution at that. And here's the real rub.

We're not going to stand for it. Number two, when he says this executive order is important so that we make sure that non-citizens don't vote in our elections, it's already the law that you have to be a citizen to be eligible to register to vote and vote in our election. So it is a a solution in search of a problem. And it's a problematic solution at that. And here's the real rub.

We're not going to stand for it. Number two, when he says this executive order is important so that we make sure that non-citizens don't vote in our elections, it's already the law that you have to be a citizen to be eligible to register to vote and vote in our election. So it is a a solution in search of a problem. And it's a problematic solution at that. And here's the real rub.

The way it's crafted new requirements for being able to register and to cast ballots will only have the effect of disenfranchising a lot of eligible voters.

The way it's crafted new requirements for being able to register and to cast ballots will only have the effect of disenfranchising a lot of eligible voters.

The way it's crafted new requirements for being able to register and to cast ballots will only have the effect of disenfranchising a lot of eligible voters.

in to have to carry around a passport half the country doesn't have a current valid passport so now you won't be able to vote because of a requirement that is not necessary number one service members who move around may have an id that doesn't reflect their current address because of deployments so you're going to disenfranchise members of the military from voting Really?

in to have to carry around a passport half the country doesn't have a current valid passport so now you won't be able to vote because of a requirement that is not necessary number one service members who move around may have an id that doesn't reflect their current address because of deployments so you're going to disenfranchise members of the military from voting Really?

in to have to carry around a passport half the country doesn't have a current valid passport so now you won't be able to vote because of a requirement that is not necessary number one service members who move around may have an id that doesn't reflect their current address because of deployments so you're going to disenfranchise members of the military from voting Really?

Or how about women, when they get married and may change their name, and there's a lag between changing their name in one document, but their driver's license or IED, and so they won't be allowed to vote? That's what Donald Trump wants. And the last thing, because this is, you know, the hypocrisy is rich on so many fronts with our Republican colleagues.

Or how about women, when they get married and may change their name, and there's a lag between changing their name in one document, but their driver's license or IED, and so they won't be allowed to vote? That's what Donald Trump wants. And the last thing, because this is, you know, the hypocrisy is rich on so many fronts with our Republican colleagues.

Or how about women, when they get married and may change their name, and there's a lag between changing their name in one document, but their driver's license or IED, and so they won't be allowed to vote? That's what Donald Trump wants. And the last thing, because this is, you know, the hypocrisy is rich on so many fronts with our Republican colleagues.

When President Biden was in the White House and we tried a number of things to strengthen our democracy by improving voter registration and getting more people to participate, Republicans were kicking and screaming, we cannot federalize elections. States administer elections and we shouldn't impose federal requirements on them.

When President Biden was in the White House and we tried a number of things to strengthen our democracy by improving voter registration and getting more people to participate, Republicans were kicking and screaming, we cannot federalize elections. States administer elections and we shouldn't impose federal requirements on them.

When President Biden was in the White House and we tried a number of things to strengthen our democracy by improving voter registration and getting more people to participate, Republicans were kicking and screaming, we cannot federalize elections. States administer elections and we shouldn't impose federal requirements on them.