Rep. Anna Paulina Luna spoke on the House floor in support of the SAVE AMERICA Act, arguing that the legislation’s voter identification and proof-of-citizenship requirements are common-sense safeguards and rejecting comparisons to Jim Crow-era laws.
Addressing colleagues and the American public, Luna said critics of the bill were mischaracterizing its intent and requirements.
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, my colleagues are spending a lot of time lecturing the American people on how this is going to require you to show your papers. But last time I checked during covid, they demanded that if you simply wanted to go to a funeral, be with your loved ones while they were dying, or get married, you had to show your papers. In fact, in New York City, they were literally asking you for your covid passport.”
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Luna described the SAVE AMERICA Act as a straightforward proposal requiring voter ID and proof of citizenship and objected to its characterization by opponents.
“Yet the SAVE AMERICA Act, a common sense piece of legislation that requires two things, voter id plus proof of citizenship, is being labeled by people in the Senate and people in this very chamber as Jim Crow era laws. Let me remind the American people of history. It was a Democrat party that championed the Jim Crow era laws, and this is the farthest thing from it. In fact, if you’re doing that, you’re insulting over 70% of your voters, Democrats who believe that voter ID is the best way to secure an election.”
She also addressed claims that election safeguards were part of broader political strategies related to President Donald Trump and upcoming elections.
“then we have the argument that you have from Blue Anon saying that Trump is trying to steal the election and orange MAN bad and this is somehow going to fix the midterms. But the fact is, is that if we are going to play that game, then you would want voter ID and you would want to secure the elections. So please support this legislation.”
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Luna referenced former President Barack Obama in discussing voter identification.
“I do not believe that Barack Obama, in showing his voter ID, was engaging in Jim Crow era law or pushing that type of perspective.”
She also responded to concerns raised about immigration enforcement and surveillance, drawing a comparison to past congressional votes on surveillance authorities.
“And for the same people that are advocating saying that Christy Nome and ice will demand your personal information and you will be under surveillance. Let I remind them that they actually all authorized the reauthorization of FISA, unreformed that violated your constitutional rights.”
Luna framed the issue as a matter of citizenship and election integrity.
“So this is pretty simple. If you are not an American, you do not get to vote in our elections. This is not a free for all country. A majority of Americans support this. A majority of the world has voter ID in place. It is not racist. I appreciate my colleagues and house admin for doing this, and I support all of my colleagues and urge them to vote for this piece of legislation. I yield my time.”
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