VIDEO: Blackburn Asks Democrat Lawmakers Why They Fear SAVE America Act

VIDEO: Blackburn Asks Democrat Lawmakers Why They Fear SAVE America Act
March 19, 2026
‘71 percent of the Democrats support this… 90-something percent of the Republicans support this… it leads you to ask the question, ‘What are [Democrats in Congress] afraid of?’
‘Are they concerned that it would eliminate fraud?’
‘Are they concerned that our counties and states might verify and clean up those voter rolls?’
‘Why would they not want to do this?’
WASHINGTON, D.C.
– Today, U.S. Senator
Marsha Blackburn
(R-Tenn.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor, where she asked her Democrat colleagues in Congress why they oppose the
SAVE America Act
when
71%
of Democrats across the country support requiring all voters to show government-issued photo ID to vote and
85%
of voters say only U.S. citizens should be allowed to vote in U.S. elections. Excerpts of Senator Blackburn’s remarks are below, and you can download t
he remarks
here
.
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here
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EXCERPTS OF REMARKS
“[The SAVE America Act] really is common sense. Common sense, obviously, to Democrats all across the country, Independents all across the country, Republicans all across the country, but to the Democrats in this chamber… they say, ‘Oh no, no, no, don't you don't.’”
“I think that all of our colleagues across the aisle, when you look at the fact that 71 percent of the Democrats support this… 90-something percent of the Republicans support this… it leads you to ask the question, ‘What are they afraid of?”
“
We should make it easier to vote and harder to cheat… but our colleagues across the aisle are fearful of that.”
“Are they concerned that it would eliminate fraud?”
“Are they concerned that it would clean up elections?”
“Are they concerned that our counties and states might verify and clean up those voter rolls?”
“Why would they not want to do this?”
“I was doing a telephone town hall with Tennesseans the other night, and we had several thousand on the phone, and a gentleman asked this question, and he said, ‘I don't get this. What are the Democrats afraid of with the SAVE AMERICA Act?’ And I told him, I said, ‘You know what? I don't get it either.’
“If we want to make certain we are protecting your right to make certain your vote counts, then these two steps would go a long way to giving individuals the confidence that they want to know that their elections are going to be fair.”
https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2026/3/video-blackburn-asks-democrat-lawmakers-why-they-fear-save-america-act