Discussion on Voting Rights Legislation

He is actually championing a bill that actually would take

voting rights away from a lot of Black people in this country.

Wait, what, what voting rights is he taking away from Black voters?

Oh, if we look at-

The SAVE Act

... the SAVE Act.

The SAVE Act.

That's exactly what we're talking about-

How? How?

... that is actually going to continue to

disenfranchise-

How?

... overwhelmingly a lot of people of color.

How?

There are so many civil rights organizations that have run the data.

If we look at the way that it is going to disenfranchise-

How?

... Black voters, it's the same reason why Chuck Schumer

called it-

How?

... Jim Crow 2.0.

So-

This is the same president.

How?

If we wanna continue-

You haven't said how yet.

I, I am talking about it.

How?

It's the way that you're putting new poll taxes on this when you're making people

have-

Poll taxes?

That's what we can call them now. It's a, it's, it's kind of an idiom, right?

If you wanna say that people have to prove that they

are citizens, that

they have to prove with a voter ID, the reality is you're

layering what is a constitutional right for the American people and

making it harder for people to vote in this country, and it's going to

disenfranchise Black voters.

Does it, does it concern you that

you're making all these claims, you've yet to lay out how it's hurting

anyone, but

76% of Black voters think we should show an ID to vote,

80% of Hispanic voters, 83% of the American people.

Are you saying that Black voters-

The SAVE Act isn't just-

... are too dumb to know what's good for them?

I mean, it sounds-

The SAVE Act isn't just about-

It sounds pretty condescending.

No, that, that's really not what I mean.

Just to be clear, the SAVE Act is not just about IDs.

That three, that three quarters of Black voters-

That is not, right

... who want voter IDs.

But to be clear, the SAVE Act is not just about IDs.

That's, you're putting words in my mouth.

The SAVE Act is about-

So what?

... proof of citizenship.

So what?

So it does, I, I actually, I, I-

It, it also makes it very hard for women, for married women who've changed their

last name.

We've talked about this. I was just gonna say,

we've talked about this before.

This is also young people, poor voters.

It's not, it actually, there's an argument to be made that, uh,

red state voters, women, uh, poor white voters could be just as

dis-

I know, you think they're dumb, too, don't you?

Yeah, I mean, that's the thing.

You hear these, you hear these arguments.

Stop. No, that's, that's, that's not.

I've heard them. Where? All week long.

What?

Please, please don't... No, no, no. You listen.

What?

Please don't, please don't.

There's the question from Talking Points. Here comes racism right there.

I'm actually talk- You should be con- you should be thinking about your

constituents in, in, or your, your, your-

Yeah, I think they're smart enough to figure out

how to register to vote, Abby

... colleagues in Kentucky. Hold on. Hold on.

Most Americans don't have a passport.

Many Americans don't have access to their birth certificate.

Ma- many women-

Because of

... a majority of women who change their names

for marriage-

Now listen

... have to provide additional proof-

This, all week long

... that they've changed their legally names-

All week long I have heard-

... in order to register to vote

... I have heard Democrats make these same

arguments.

So Scott, why don't you actually respond to the

substance of what I'm saying?

I am, and the substance is this.

As opposed to making this about something that it's not.

You're saying, you're saying-

It's not just about voter ID

... you're saying married women-

It's also about do you have access to-

... Black voters, and rural people are too stupid to figure out how to

register to

vote.

Excuse me?

No, that's not, that's, that is so offensive.

No, that is, that is-

That is so offensive.

That is crazy.

That is so offensive.

That is not what she said.

Let me o-

Are you saying they can't figure out how to vote?

Let me offer the proof. Let me offer, let me offer the proof.

Are you saying they can't figure out how to vote?

This is the exact same argument.

I'm just saying it is a fact that a majority of Americans do not

have passports. Many Americans, including white

people, okay, do not have their original birth

certificate

or access to it.

You didn't say white. You said rural white people.

I would love to offer the proof of this.

Yeah, because that is also relevant.

I, it, it doesn't matter to me where people live.

I guess I have a little more faith in-

Do they have access-

... rural America and married women than you do.

Look, I, I don't know why-

And you're saying they can't figure out how to vote.

I don't know why you think, why you're making this about whether

you're smart or

not. Access-

You're saying that they can't vote

... to access, to docu-

That they, they can't figure out how to document-

Scott

... to register to vote.

Scott, access to documentation of proof of where

you were born or

proof of citizenship is, is a, an additional thing that people

will have to-

Because a lot of times Black people actually need to travel as well

... she even allows a barrier to get a loan.

This is a barrier.

It is a barrier.