Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) visited former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida today and held a joint press conference.
Johnson announced: “We’re going to introduce legislation to require that every single person who registers to vote in a federal election must prove that they’re an American citizen first. You have to prove it.” Johnson added, “That will be a new part to the federal law, a very important one.”
Note: U.S. federal law already bans non-citizens from voting in U.S. federal elections, including races for president, vice president, Senate or House of Representatives.
Is anyone stupid enough to fall for this dime-store, know-nothing demagogy? https://t.co/PEmHdlMx5T
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 12, 2024
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has been repeating false claims about Democrats registering undocumented immigrants to vote throughout his 2024 campaign. While in Iowa, Trump said: “I think they really are doing it because they want to sign these people up to vote. I really do. They can’t speak a word of English for the most part, but they’re signing them up.”
[A 1996 law states that noncitizens who vote illegally will face a fine, imprisonment or both. Noncitizens who cast a ballot and get caught may also face deportation.]
Bill Kristol, former White House Chief of Staff to Vice President Dan Quayle responded to the Johnson/Trump press conference and wrote: “Is anyone stupid enough to fall for this dime-store, know-nothing demagogy?”