Ted Cruz
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We have not done that yet.
But I will say, so the Save America Act has two major elements.
Number one, it requires people to show proof of American citizenship to register to vote, a basic common sense step.
Number two, it requires photo ID to vote.
Well, the Democrats' defense, they really hate provision one, showing proof of citizenship.
And they argued, oh, some people can't do it.
Some people can't do it.
It's nonsense, but that's what they argued.
And in the course of it, a whole lot of them said, we're okay with photo ID, which at some level is not surprising because photo ID, 83% of Americans support photo ID to vote.
81% of Hispanics support photo ID to vote.
81% of Democrats support photo ID to vote.
75% of African-Americans support photo ID to vote.
It's overwhelmingly popular.
So the Democrats all said they supported it, but they didn't like the other elements of the SAVE Act.
So one thing we did this week is we said, OK, we'll call your bluff.
And we put up just a very simple bill that required photo ID to vote.
It's what they all said they supported.
Now, let me tell you, I want to read you some quotes from Democrats.
Here's Chuck Schumer.
Quote, Democrats support voter voter ID.