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President Donald Trump called for Republicans to get a national voter ID law passed ahead of the midterm elections, saying that he would take executive action if Congress could not get it done.<\/span><\/p>\n Trump\u2019s call comes after the SAVE America Act requiring photo identification and proof of citizenship to vote in elections passed<\/a> the House on Wednesday and headed to the Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe cannot let the Democrats get away with NO VOTER I.D. any longer. These are horrible, disingenuous CHEATERS. They have all sorts of reasons why it shouldn\u2019t be passed, and then boldly laugh in the backrooms after their ridiculous presentations,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday. \u201cIf it weren\u2019t such a serious matter, it would be considered a TOTAL JOKE! No Voter I.D. is even crazier, and more ridiculous, than Men playing in Women\u2019s Sports, Open Borders, or Transgender for Everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Trump said Republicans should be talking about the issue in every speech, pointing to polling that most Americans support voter ID laws.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis is an issue that must be fought, and must be fought, NOW!\u201d Trump said. \u201cIf we can\u2019t get it through Congress, there are Legal reasons why this SCAM is not permitted. I will be presenting them shortly, in the form of an Executive Order.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Trump said that if Democrats took back power, they would move to make Washington, D.C.,\u00a0 and Puerto Rico states, pack the Supreme Court, and remove the filibuster in the Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOur Country will never be the same if they allow these demented and evil people to knowingly, and happily, destroy it,\u201d Trump said.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the National Conference of State Legislatures<\/a>, \u201cThirty-six states have laws requesting or requiring voters to show some form of identification at the polls. The remaining 14 states and Washington, D.C., use other methods to verify the identity of voters. Most frequently, other identifying information provided at the polling place, such as a signature, is checked against information on file.\u201d<\/p>\n After the House passed the SAVE America Act on Wednesday, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has been pushing for it to move forward in the Senate. He has already picked up 49 Republican co-sponsors of the legislation and got commitment to support the bill from Senator Susan Collins (R-ME).<\/span><\/p>\n In a <\/span>video<\/span><\/a> posted to social media, Lee said that Republicans in the Senate should now move forward to debate and force Democrats to use the \u201ctalking filibuster\u201d instead of the \u201czombie filibuster.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n