Well, well, well. It looks like the internet never forgets – and neither do patriots who are sick and tired of Democrat double-speak.
A resurfaced video clip from 1996 is making the rounds on social media, and it features none other than New York Senator Chuck Schumer making an impassioned case for... wait for it... voter ID and cracking down on illegal immigration fraud. Yes, you read that correctly.
In the clip, a younger Schumer – back when Democrats occasionally pretended to care about election integrity – laid out the case in terms that would make any MAGA patriot proud:
Read that again, folks. Chuck Schumer – the same man who now shrieks that voter ID requirements are "voter suppression" and "Jim Crow 2.0" – once stood on the floor of Congress and explicitly connected illegal immigration to fraud and demanded accountability through identification requirements.
So what changed between 1996 and today? Did the concept of showing ID suddenly become racist? Did asking people to prove they are who they say they are transform into oppression overnight?
Of course not. What changed is simple: Democrats realized that loose election laws and open borders benefit them politically. Period.
This video resurfaces at a critical time, as President Trump and Republicans continue to push for common-sense election integrity measures like the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. Democrats have fought these measures tooth and nail, calling them everything from "unnecessary" to "discriminatory."
But here's their own Senate leader – on video – making the exact same arguments conservatives make today.
Americans need ID to buy alcohol, board an airplane, open a bank account, pick up prescription medication, and enter Democrat fundraising events. But somehow, requiring ID to vote – the most sacred act in a democratic republic – is beyond the pale?
Even international superstar Nicki Minaj recently questioned the logic of opposing voter ID, joining a growing chorus of Americans who see through the left's paper-thin arguments.
Source: Next News Network
