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Mike Lee: “Passports cost money. You're going to have to shell out…”

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

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Sen. Lee Stands for SAVE America Act: March 18th

Published | Video Starts at 56:16

Verifying citizenship through the SAFE system would protect federal voters, would protect actual American citizens who are allowed to vote while non citizens are not. Another argument. Well, if you don't have a passport, you won't be able to vote. And Passports cost money. You're going to have to shell out close to 200 bucks in order to get one. And this is going to end up disenfranchising everybody who doesn't have a passport. This is one of the most pernicious lies in the entire pantheon of paranoid fantasy derived lies against the Save America act. (56:16–56:21)

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