Left-wing corporate media went on a blitz this weekend dishonestly claiming legislation requiring people to prove their citizenship to register to vote is needless — even though the federal government currently prohibits states from requiring would-be voters to show documentary evidence of their citizenship status to vote in federal elections.
Alongside former President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Friday that House Republicans would propose legislation requiring individuals to show documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote for federal elections.
Rolling Stone called the legislation “redundant” and said noncitizens voting is “already illegal.”
MSNBC’s Steve Benen claimed Johnson and Trump “are pushing a ban on non-citizen voting, which (a) almost never happens; and (b) is already illegal.”
NPR ran the headline “Republicans
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