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Chuck Schumer: “The vast majority of this bill, the overwhelming bulk, is…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Senator Schumer is live from the Senate floor

Published | Video Starts at 02:45

Leader Thune is going to appease the MAGA right, the MAGA far right, with another amendment Republicans claim is about common sense voter id. But let's be very clear, this amendment is a giant … The vast majority of this bill, the overwhelming bulk, is about suppressing people on the voter rolls, taking them off, not even knowing about it. … simple. 99% of this bill has nothing to do with voter ID. What a voter does when they arrive at the polling place to vote. (02:45–02:55)

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Asserts that the bill's main purpose is to suppress voters by removing them from voter rolls without their knowledge.

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