Trump and Mike Johnson will introduce a bill to prevent noncitizens from voting even though it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote.
Punchbowl News reported: “Johnson is expected to appear with Trump at Mar-a-Lago to introduce a bill that would make it illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections. Of course, it is illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections, and there is no evidence that this happens, despite Trump’s claims to the contrary. And a Trump-Johnson proposal like this will never pass the Senate.”
CNN added:
We’ll probably talk about two things. One thing is that they are expected to relaunch the 2020 election, which is not surprising since both tried to overturn that election. Johnson was actually the key behind the scenes, trying to get these congressional signatures on a lawsuit and Texas that would try to overturn the election, but the other big thing they seem to be talking about is the idea of non-citizen voting . There is some debate as to whether they are willing to present some kind of bill, but we know they will draw attention to this issue. Now, I want to be very clear. There is currently a federal ban on noncitizens from voting in federal elections. So this is not a problem.
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The Trump campaign has nothing to do with introducing a bill for an existing law: “There is currently a federal ban on noncitizens from voting in federal elections. So this is not a problem. pic.twitter.com/aH20e8hNZ3
– Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) April 12, 2024
Donald Trump and Mike Johnson will organize a pointless event to once again claim that the 2020 election was stolen and to propose a law that already exists.
Trump and Johnson will attack the trust the American people place in the electoral process by humiliating themselves with a proposal that is nothing more than a pretense to promote a conspiracy theory.
Hopefully cable news puts democracy first and doesn’t fall for Trump’s anti-democracy scam.
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