Chuck Schumer: “well, today, Senate Republicans are once again wasting time on voter suppression instead of paying TSA. Republicans have…”

“well, today, Senate Republicans are once again wasting time on voter suppression instead of paying TSA. Republicans have an amendment on the Senate floor dressed up as what they call commonsense voter ID, but let's be very clear what this amendment is: It is a wolf in sheep's clothing, and it is a giant coverup to cover up what their bill really does, which is dramatic voter suppression, kicking 20 million or more people off the rolls without their knowledge or consent. The point here is not at all about voter ID. In fact, 99 percent of the SAVE Act doesn't talk about voter ID. Most of their bill is kicking people off the voter rolls and making reregistering, once you are kicked off, a bureaucratic nightmare, an almost impossibility for many people. And, once again, the public saw the SAVE Act for what it really is--a voter suppression bill. And once that happened, Republicans had to do something. So they cobbled together this amendment as a coverup. It was never in the original bill, and now they pretend it is reasonable policy on voter ID. But let's get to the facts. The amendment Republicans are pushing today would impose the single strictest voter ID law in America-- stricter than Texas, stricter than Florida, stricter than any State in the country. Republicans are calling this amendment common sense. But if it is so common sense, why is it stricter than what every single red State already offers?”