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Mike Lee: “Anyone whose name would likely trigger alarm bells through…”

Featuring: Mike Lee, Republican | U.S. Senate from Utah

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Sen. Lee Stands for SAVE America Act: March 21st

Published | Video Starts at 31:46

… don't want to have to give them up from day one when they talk about this. Even before debate began in the Senate, my Democrat colleagues have been arguing that Anyone whose name would likely trigger alarm bells through the processes established by the Save America act warranting their removal based on their status as non citizens, it said that anyone who would likely be removed from the voter registration files would be more likely to be a Democrat than a Republican. and that would be bad for us. They've literally said this. Now they're careful not to say because they're non citizens, but that's the reason, that's the only reason you'd be removed through this framework is if they're noncitizens. (31:46–32:12)

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Asserts that the Save America Act's processes would likely remove more Democrats than Republicans from voter registration files.

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