The radical Left have infiltrated Congress. Their latest votes have become a stain on the country.
And what Congressional Leftists just voted against will make your head spin.
House Democrats Reject Voter Citizenship Bill, Sparking Outrage
In a move that’s reignited debates over election integrity, nearly all House Democrats shot down a bill designed to ensure only U.S. citizens can register to vote in federal elections. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act sailed through the House on Thursday, thanks to a coalition of 214 Republicans and a mere four Democrats—enough to push it over the finish line for the second time in two years. Meanwhile, 208 Democrats stood united in opposition, with zero Republicans joining their ranks.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) didn’t mince words in his reaction. “Every single Democrat that voted against the SAVE Act voted to undermine election integrity and their constituents’ voice,” he told The Daily Wire. “It is shameful they care more about empowering illegal aliens than American citizens.”
The bill, championed by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), takes aim at tightening up the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 by mandating proof of citizenship for federal voter registration.
The issue isn’t entirely hypothetical. While some locales—like certain cities in California, Maryland, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.—allow non-citizens to vote in specific local elections with separate voter rolls, there’s evidence that non-citizens have slipped onto state and federal rolls where it’s explicitly illegal. A report from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) last year flagged a “loophole” in the current system: states aren’t required to verify citizenship when someone signs up to vote in federal races. That same report pointed to cases of non-citizens not only landing on voter lists but also casting illegal ballots.
Opponents of the SAVE Act, however, see it as a solution in search of a problem—one that could trip up legitimate voters, especially women. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) took to X to blast the bill, calling it “yet another bogus attempt by Republicans to suppress the vote — and this time, they’re targeting women.”
She argued the legislation would “make it d*mn near impossible for millions of women who changed their last name after marriage to cast a ballot.”
Rep. Chip Roy fired back on Fox News’ The Will Cain Show, dismissing those claims as nonsense. “People in the radical Left are trying to say, ‘Oh! This is going to prevent, like, married women from voting because if they get married, their name changes.’ … It’s all bogus. It’s all a lie made up by the radical Left. All this will do is prevent illegals from voting,” he insisted.
Despite the Democratic pushback, four from their ranks broke party lines to back the bill: Reps. Henry Cuellar (TX), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), Jared Golden (ME), and Ed Case (HI). That’s one fewer than the five who supported it last July, hinting at a slight shift in sentiment—or perhaps just tougher party discipline this time around.
The SAVE Act’s revival comes amid a wave of efforts to lock down voter registration rules. President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order tying federal funding to states’ willingness to demand citizenship proof for federal voter sign-ups—a move that’s added fuel to an already blazing national conversation.
Democrats’ Stance Fuels Their Slide in Popularity
This latest vote is just one more log on the fire of discontent burning through the Democratic Party’s base—and it’s not hard to see why they’re losing ground. Turning their backs on a measure as straightforward as ensuring only citizens vote in federal elections paints them as out of touch with a public that’s increasingly fed up with political gamesmanship.
Polls have shown time and again that Americans, across party lines, want confidence in their elections. Yet, Democrats’ near-unanimous rejection of the SAVE Act suggests they’re more interested in scoring ideological points than addressing that demand.
It’s not just about optics, either. By framing common-sense reforms like this as voter suppression—or worse, a war on women—they’re alienating the very voters they claim to champion. The argument that requiring proof of citizenship somehow targets married women strains credulity for most, and it risks making the party look like it’s grasping at straws rather than tackling real issues.
When even a handful of their own members—like Cuellar and Golden—cross the aisle to support the bill, it exposes a rift between the party’s leadership and the practical concerns of everyday Americans.
The bigger picture is damning: Democrats’ refusal to back legislation that resonates with basic fairness is a self-inflicted wound. Whether it’s border security, crime, or election integrity, their pattern of digging in against popular, no-nonsense fixes has left them hemorrhaging support.
The SAVE Act fight is a microcosm of that failure—a chance to stand for something clear and defensible, squandered in favor of partisan posturing. As the 2026 midterms loom, they might find that snubbing measures like this one comes with a steeper cost than they’re ready to pay.
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