House Democrats have been called "Traitors" as they prepare to wage war against Republicans over a bill requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in a federal election.
The House Democratic leadership is urging its members to vote against the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act on the House floor, according to Axios.
Elections officials would be required to ask new voters about their citizenship at the time they register.
In a memo last week urging her fellow Democrats to oppose the bill, House Minority Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts claimed it would create an "Extreme burden for countless Americans" and "Further intimidate election officials and overburden states' abilities to enroll new voters." The memo said Rep. Joe Morelle of New York - the top Democrat on the Administration Committee - "Strongly opposes this bill as written." "It's just another way of stopping people from voting," Morelle said of the legislation, according to The New York Times.
It said there was "Ample evidence that noncitizens are voting in U.S. elections." "A 2014 study that analyzed the 2008 and 2010 elections concluded that not only had noncitizens illegally voted in U.S. elections but also that the votes of noncitizens likely determined the outcome in certain races," the report said.
A New York Post report on illegal immigrants registering to vote noted that in most states, illegal immigrants getting welfare benefits, driver's licenses and other government services receive voter registration forms automatically.
"As President Biden has welcomed millions of illegal aliens through our borders, including sophisticated criminal syndicates and foreign adversaries, it is incumbent upon Congress to implement greater enforcement measures that secure the voter registration process and ensure only American citizens decide the outcome of American elections," Johnson said.
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