Senator Josh Hawley criticized four Republican colleagues who voted against attaching the strict voter ID SAVE America Act to a major budget reconciliation...
Senator Josh Hawley criticized four Republican colleagues who voted against adding the strict voter ID SAVE America Act to a budget package.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is ripping four GOP senators who voted against a motion to effectively add the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act to a $70 billion budget reconciliation package, saying he doesn’t know why fellow Republicans would vote against a voter ID law.
Hawley said he was disappointed in his GOP colleague’s opposition to the amendment, noting that voter ID requirements are common in many states and have overwhelming public support in the United States. “I guess it’s frustration,” Hawley told Fox News Digital when asked about the failure to attach the SAVE America Act to the budget reconciliation package. “Listen, we’ve been doing this in Missouri for years. I mean, voters in my state put it in our constitution,” he said. “Voter ID is the most popular thing out there,” he said. “There’s reason for that. People want their elections to be safe, they want them to be fair. And to me, you can’t explain it to me, why you wouldn’t vote for voter ID. I just don’t understand it,” Hawley added.