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Mike Lee: “They have erected straw man after straw man from within the…”

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

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Sen. Lee Stands for SAVE America Act: March 22nd

Published | Video Starts at 17:32

And when you hear their arguments, their arguments sound overwhelmingly, they sound out on the basis of facts that are not in evidence. Not only facts not in evidence, but facts contradicted by the legislative text itself. They have erected straw man after straw man from within the contrived, imagined parade of horribles version of the Save America act that are not actually in the Save America act at all. Meanwhile, they overlook provisions of the Save America act, most to the point the text beginning on line 22 of page 12 that makes clear that under the Save America act, the requirements for establishing citizenship at the time of voter registration number one. (17:32–17:49)

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Asserts that opponents of the Save America Act are misrepresenting its contents.

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