Jim Banks

Tomi Lahren:

There’s a lot of frustration, Senator, with you and your fellow senators, quite frankly. Republicans are frustrated that their Republican senators aren’t able to get voter ID, proof of citizenship, and some of the other parts of the SAVE America Act across the finish line. I want you to shoot it very straight with us: Is there a chance—is there a snowball’s chance in hell—that we get the SAVE America Act, in any iteration, through the Senate and to the president?

Sen. Jim Banks:

Well, this is the fifth time the House has passed the SAVE America Act. I’m frustrated, too. The Senate should abandon the so-called traditions and the filibuster rules—nuke the filibuster and do whatever it takes to pass the SAVE America Act. I think the NDAA and the upcoming reconciliation package that the House is going to send over to the Senate are the best opportunities that we have to pass the SAVE America Act, requiring voter ID.

The NDAA is very important for our troops and our military. By the way, Democrats are blocking funding for our military at a time when we need to replenish our munitions stockpiles and support our military. So, that’s the perfect bill to put the SAVE America Act in. The Democrats are all against it. They don’t want to support our military, and the Democrats don’t want voter ID.

So, let’s put every Republican on the record in support of it, pass it, save this country, and head into the midterms with the best hand that we have to keep the majorities in the House and the Senate. I fear what will happen if we don’t pass the SAVE America Act on Election Day in the midterm elections.

Tomi Lahren:

Yeah, I have the same fear. Senator, do you think that you should forgo the upcoming recess to get this done?

Sen. Jim Banks:

I’m all for it. We don’t need a recess. Let’s pass the SAVE America Act. It’s more important than taking a break or taking a recess.

I’m back in Indiana for the weekend. I head back to Washington tomorrow. I’ve heard from people everywhere I go, from the diner this morning to the grocery store: “Pass the SAVE America Act.” We have to get it done. It’s so fundamental to the future of this country to make sure that American elections are only for Americans.

By the way, the biggest story this week was the Democrat governor in New Jersey admitting that 6,600 illegals were accidentally registered to vote and that hundreds of them actually voted in the last two elections in New Jersey. If that can happen there, and even a Democrat is admitting it, it’s yet the biggest reason and example of why we have to pass the SAVE America Act.