WATCH: Scalise serves up Olive Garden reality check for Democrats in voter ID fight
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is comparing the lack of a federal voter ID law to an identification requirement at one of America's most well-known chain restaurants."If you want to go buy unlimited pasta at the Olive Garden, they said you have to show your ID," Scalise told Fox News Digital in an interview earlier this week.He also pointed out that the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) required attendees to show ID in order to enter the venue.SEN MARK WARNER CALLED OUT IN ABC INTERVIEW FOR INACCURATE VOTER ID CLAIMS"Democrats are saying it somehow impedes people's ability to participate, yet Democrats themselves wouldn't even let you go to their convention without showing ID," Scalise said. "I'm not against them having to require ID – but by the way, everybody understands it, and everybody gets it in polling.
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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is comparing the lack of a federal voter ID law to an identification requirement at one of America's most well-known chain restaurants."If you want to go buy unlimited pasta at the Olive Garden, they said you have to show your ID," Scalise told Fox News Digital in an interview earlier this week.He also pointed out that the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) required attendees to show ID in order to enter the venue.SEN MARK WARNER CALLED OUT IN ABC INTERVIEW FOR INACCURATE VOTER ID CLAIMS"Democrats are saying it somehow impedes people's ability to participate, yet Democrats themselves wouldn't even let you go to their convention without showing ID," Scalise said. "I'm not against them having to require ID – but by the way, everybody understands it, and everybody gets it in polling. You know, if you're Black, if you're White, if you are Hispanic, if you're Republican, or Democrat, or Independent, you understand that an ID makes sense because it protects your right to vote."He also listed boarding a plane and buying "a six-pack of beer" as situations where a photo ID was required as well."How about the franchise of American democracy? Let's make sure you are who you say you are and illegals can't vote in American elections," Scalise said.TRUMP INTERVENES AS HOUSE GOP REVOLT PUTS SAVE AMERICA ACT AT CENTER OF SPENDING SHOWDOWNRepublicans have emphasized polling showing broad support for voter ID requirements as their main argument against Democrats' opposition to the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, which was advanced by the House multiple times but has stalled in the Senate.Democrats have argued the election integrity package is tantamount to voter suppression, claiming it would make it harder for married women who have changed their names to vote and make absentee voting more burdensome.
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- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is comparing the lack of a federal voter ID law to an identification requirement at one of America's most well-known chain restaurants."If you want to go buy unlimited pasta at the Olive Garden, they said you have to show your ID," Scalise told Fox News Digital in an interview earlier this week.He also pointed out that the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) required attendees to show ID in order to enter the venue.SEN MARK WARNER CALLED OUT IN ABC INTERVIEW FOR INACCURATE VOTER ID CLAIMS"Democrats are saying it somehow impedes people's ability to participate, yet Democrats themselves wouldn't even let you go to their convention without showing ID," Scalise said. "I'm not against them having to require ID – but by the way, everybody understands it, and everybody gets it in polling.
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