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Mike Lee: “The junior senator from Rhode island who, if I get this…”

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 34:55

At least that's how I heard it. So that was kind of. Kind of an issue. All right, next argument. This one came specifically from The junior senator from Rhode island who, if I get this right, falsely claimed that the Supreme Court of the United States has said that it's unconstitutional to ask a registering voter for proof of citizenship. Now, if I misunderstood that, I hope and expect to be corrected, but I don't think I did. I think that was the argument. And if that was the argument, that argument is a lie. (34:55–35:12)

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Asserts that the junior senator from Rhode Island falsely claimed the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to ask for proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

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