Senator Marshall: Not One Democrat Voted for Voter ID

Senator Marshall Joins Fox News, The Big Weekend Show Washington – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Joey Jones, Tomi Lahren, Joe Concha, and Anita Vogel on Fox News’ The Big Weekend Show to discuss how all Senate Democrats voted against voter ID this week and progress on the SAVE America Act, the work that the Senate did complete including confirming a new Attorney General, how Dr. Fauci can be held accountable for his crimes, and the Protect College Sports Act. Click HERE to download the full video. On what the Senate accomplished before recess: “You know, I’m sure there will be — and the great thing is we have a president that’s going to keep pushing us and pushing us and pushing us for more. But I think we do need to stop and celebrate sometimes as well. We got 70 nominations done last week — and that’s because of a process that John Thune got across the plate for us. We got our Attorney General taken care of as well, the government is funded till December. In a world where there’s lots of uncertainty, we took a few things off the table. And I’m so glad we got every Democrat on record that they voted against voter ID. So, it’s a start — of course we know we have more work to do.” On getting the SAVE America Act and voter ID passed: “Well, Joey, I would say it’s a really uphill battle, and only with President Trump at the helm is there even a chance of doing that. But I want to at least set the record straight here — yesterday, all 52 Republicans voted in favor of voter ID. And there’s some version of the SAVE Act that we can get with at least 50 votes as well. And you and I both know that we should be talking about the Democrats right now — we cannot get one Democrat to vote in favor of voter ID, let alone proof of citizenship or doing anything with mail-in ballots. They’re the problem. So, I don’t understand — you know — why we want to pick on the Republicans. Why there’s this Republican violence right now. The big issue here is why can’t we get through? You know, should we do something where we flip the habits of the Senate, where it takes 60 votes to do something?” “I think I agree with everything you said there. But again, all 52 Republicans voted yesterday in favor of voter ID, and I think there’s versions of everything else in the SAVE America Act that they would vote for as well, but not enough that we would flip the filibuster. And, even to your point: I’m willing to do it, but I don’t only think a third of the United States Senate is willing to do it.” On whether Leader Thune has lost the support of senators: “No, he’s not. I think the Senator Thune has the backing of all 53 Republicans right now in Congress. Let’s think about what he’s accomplished right now: he gave us the biggest tax cut, the biggest spending cut, in American history. He gave us a new path forward where we’re able to confirm more of the President’s nominees at a time as well. Look, it’s not perfect — the Republican senators — each of us have our own mind. We’re not lemmings, we’re not Democrats where when Chuck Schumer says ‘Jump’, we say ‘How high?’ We’re going to fight through this and work through the arguments with each other. But Thune is doing a great job — one of the best leaders I’ve ever met and a great listener as well.” On whether he supports the criminal prosecution of Dr. Fauci: “110%. And as soon as that diary came out, I wrote to the Attorney General — acting Attorney General then — and said please appoint a special counsel where you can investigate and then prosecute Anthony Fauci on this 20 years where he was working to invent this gain of function. Even President Obama asked him to stop doing it, and he kept doing it. Finally, he offloaded it out of the entire country. We need to investigate the cover-up, we need to investigate the auto pen. Is the auto pen even legitimate? And then just follow the money as well. So, absolutely, positively, and I would love to see our new Attorney General just do just that.” On whether Senator Mitch McConnell should step down: “Well, number one, I’m afraid you’re going to turn that seat over to a Democrat, possibly very temporarily if you go through that process. But the good news is, Mitch McConnell spoke to several senators this past week — he was dismissed from the hospital, he’s now at home recovering. So, let’s hope and pray that he’s better and he can come back when this break is over in September.” On the Protect College Sports Act: “Yeah, I think the reason we didn’t go ahead and vote on is because we don’t have the votes yet. I think the biggest issue is what we’re concerned about is if a state has said, ‘look, boys cannot compete in girls’ sports,’ we want to make sure there’s no federal preemption that would oversee that as well. So, we need to insert that particular amendment — Josh Hawley’s got the amendment to do that. I think if we get beyond it, we can get it across the finish line. And look, I participated in college athletics, so many of us did. That’s how we got to go through college was on that scholarship. So, we got to fix this system or otherwise, everyone that’s in these Olympic type of sports will never get a chance to have a sports scholarship.” ### Contact: Payton Fuller