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Mike Johnson: “To vote in a US Election, you have to be an American…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Mike Johnson, House GOP leaders deliver remarks

Published | Video Starts at 32:09

We want to make sure that the states, all the states, including blue states, are doing their dead level best to ensure that federal law is complied with. What is federal law? To vote in a US Election, you have to be an American citizen. That's a simple thing. It's not being enforced in some of these states. And that's why Save America act is so important. (32:09–32:14)

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Asserts that U.S. federal law requires voters to be American citizens.

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