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James Lankford: “Right now. It is already federal law. You have to be an…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

Lankford Joins Wake Up America to Talk Federal Fumbles and SAVE Act

Published February 4, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:36

Senate Majority Leader John Thune doesn't seem sold on the idea. What do you think of this? Yeah. So I'm very supportive of the SAVE act. Right now. It is already federal law. You have to be an American citizen to vote in a federal election. But we just trust everyone. There's no verification of that. So the save, Access, trust, verify, everybody's going to be able to prove that they're actually American citizen to vote. (04:36–04:42)

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Asserts that federal law requires American citizenship to vote in federal elections.

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