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John Cornyn: “Americans need a government issued ID in order to drive a…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Cornyn Calls Out Dems for Opposing SAVE America Act, Wanting Illegals to Vote in American Elections

Published | Video Starts at 12:51

So it's shocking to me that none of our Democratic colleagues are willing to vote with Republicans on this common sense piece of legislation. Furthermore, talk about disenfranchisement of voters is simply insulting. It's blatantly untrue. Americans need a government issued ID in order to drive a car, to buy a phone, to open a bank account, to buy a six pack of beer, to get on an airplane. and the list goes on. I have never heard a complaint from any one of my almost 32 million constituents about their inability to drive because of the onerous burden of getting a driver's license a photo id. (12:51–13:05)

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Asserts that government-issued ID is required for various everyday activities in the U.S.

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