Can he do this?
Trump pushes voter ID ‘whether approved by Congress or not!’
President Donald Trump insisted Friday that voter ID requirements will be in place for this year’s midterm elections regardless of congressional approval, escalating his push for sweeping changes to how Americans vote.
“There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!” the president wrote on Truth Social. He also said he “searched the depths” of legal arguments on the issue and would be “presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future,” though he did not specify what legal rationale he would rely on.
“If we can’t get it through Congress, there are Legal reasons why this SCAM is not permitted,” Trump wrote in a separate lengthy post shortly after, adding that he would present his justification in the form of an executive order.
Trump has been personally involved in efforts to tighten voter registration standards nationwide, backing the SAVE America Act — an updated GOP election bill that would overhaul federal voting rules. The legislation would require voters to show proof of citizenship to register, mandate photo ID when voting in person and direct states to remove noncitizens from existing voter rolls.
All those things, particularly the last two, are extremely popular with the American people. The question is, can he do this? Is there language in previously passed legislation that authorizes the Executive Branch to do this? I mean, Obama and Biden sure used little language to force EOs through. And Congress has done a stellar job in writing legislation over the last 50 years that is entirely to open, giving the Executive enormous latitude to manufacture EOs. Where’d the contraception mandate come from? There’s nothing in Obamacare about it. Zip. Nada. Was there something in other legislation?
But, I’m not sure how I feel about this if Trump does it unless there is some pretty damned good language from legislation. Things like this should be authorized specifically by Congressional legislation. That’s the way the system is supposed to work. So, I guess we wait to see what the EO lays out if Trump releases it.
I just deleted a lengthy post because I have no desire to deal with (or even read through) the torrent of stupid that is likely to follow. My best to you all, good day.
Well, He IS the First King of America!! And the best King we’ve ever had!!
He is bigly terrified of losing the mid-terms, bigly. He hopes he can have this tied-up in the courts long enough to steal the election(s). If not, he will find a way to postpone or cancel the mid-terms.
Losing the House and possibly the Senate castrates him for his final two years.
The SAVE Act is a poll tax and is unConstitutional. Period.
Unless… the Federal government issues everyone a free Federal ID.
Anyway, trump-whisperer Steve Bannon (and Epstein buddy) claims they will have armed Federal Agents at the polls to intimidate voters.
Trumpenstein threatens to force every voter to have a currently non-existent Federal ID.
Fraudulent voting is, of course, essentially non-existent, so the objective is to reduce the number of potential Democratic voters. Anyone denying these simple facts is a member of the Trumpenstein cult of tyranny and not a real American.
“To reduce the number of Democratic voters..”
So only Democrats are too stupid to obtain an ID? Maybe you’re on to something…
Repubicuns are to stupid and vile to understand reality! Your reckoning is coming.
As opposed to being too stupid to obtain an ID? That’s reality
Constitutionally? No.
But, these are not normal times.
If you think the lefts violence over deportations was bad just wait. This is a DIRECT threat to their fraud machinery and their hold on power. They are going to go absolutely ape shit over this.
There is no verifiable evidence of significant voter fraud. It’s a falsehood “ginned up” by Repubicuns to justify voter suppression.
What did Kris Kobach find?
“… according to Robinson, an appointee of George W. Bush, the proof that voter fraud is widespread was utterly lacking. As the judge put it, “the court finds no credible evidence that a substantial number of noncitizens registered to vote” even under the previous law, which Kobach had claimed was weak.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/kris-kobach-voter-fraud-kansas-trial
“President Trump initially created the “Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity” through an executive order signed on May 11, 2017. The commission was charged with studying “the registration and voting processes used in federal elections” and identifying “vulnerabilities in voting systems” that could lead to voter fraud. Vice President Mike Pence was the chair, and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach — a known promoter of voting restrictions and the myth of voter fraud — was the vice chair.
On January 3, 2018, President Donald Trump issued an executive order dissolving the controversial “Voter Fraud” Commission before it could issue a final report.”
Why? They couldn’t find voter fraud. Mad King Donald has decided it’s best to assert voter fraud without evidence and to enact EOs to suppress the vote.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/disbanded-trumps-voter-fraud-commission
And there’s no verifiable evidence that ID requirements reduce voter turnout
Since there is little cheating, why require passports?
So Rimjob, since you lack even a basic knowledge of the subject why do you post your silly rhetorical questions?
Does it make you feel smarter?
If there is little cheating, why are Democrats so upset about investigating? Why did Michigan pass a law making it illegal to challenge election outcomes? Why is Georgia fightingthe investigation into the 2020 election? Why did Pennsylvania governor declare that late mail-in ballots would be counted, contrary to Pennsylvania law?
Dowd makes claims that are not backed up by the evidence.
That’s all Rimjob ever does.
Investigate away!! What have they found so far?
Michigan did NOT pass a law making it illegal to challenge election outcomes!
Georgia is NOT fighting the investiigation of the 2020 election? They are challenging the “right” of the federal government to take over state-run elections. Who knowss what the felon president will do with the ballots. He is stlll claiming he won in 2020.
ruralcounsel makes claims that are not backed by evidence.
But that’s what Covians do.
Trump’s Claims About Noncitizens Voting Are False. We Can Prove It.
A number of states have undertaken investigations into noncitizen voting, cross-checking voter rolls with citizenship status, and found it virtually nonexistent.
“…even the pro-Trump Heritage Foundation’s database of election crimes listed only 24 instances of noncitizens voting in U.S. elections from 2003 to 2023.”
“…in Utah, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, the state’s top election official, initiated a monthslong review of Utah’s approximately 2.1 million registered voters. She and her team found one “confirmed noncitizen.” Just one. And that one noncitizen, while registered, had never voted.”
“Idaho, a state of one million voters, ran similar tests in 2024, and they found 36 “very likely” registered noncitizens.”
“Louisiana’s investigation in 2025 netted some 79 who had voted in at least one election over the last several decades (out of 2.9 million registrants). Just a few weeks ago, Montana found 23 possible noncitizen registrants (out of approximately 785,000 people registered). And Georgia, in some ways the model for these investigations, found in its 2024 audit 20 registered noncitizens (out of 8.2 million registrations). In my four years in office in Maricopa County overseeing voter registration, I came across a total of two possible instances of noncitizens voting out of some 2.5 million registered voters.”
https://www.cato.org/commentary/trumps-claims-about-noncitizens-voting-are-false-we-can-prove-it?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=facebook&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=
By all means, investigate the voter roles and reject non-citizens! But trump’s plan is to disenfranchise millions of voters.
Except you have no proof that anyone is being “disenfranchised”.
That’s the only logical explanation for Mad Donnie’s motives. He’s terrified of losing Congress. Especially when over 60% of Americans recognizes he’s a nasty, lying putz.
He’s pushed red states to rig their districts. So far TX, MO, IN, FL, NC, WI, OH, SC… have.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that federal courts have no power to review claims of excessive partisan gerrymandering.
He advocated that the GOP “nationalize” elections, exposing his ignorance of our Constitution.
No doubt his FBI thugs will “find” massive cheating in the confiscated GA ballots.
The Mad King will likely invoke the Insurrection Act at some point.
36% approval.