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Ted Cruz: “President Trump wanted to change the name from the SAVE act…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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… my former chief of staff, The SAVE act requires proof of American citizenship to register to vote. It's common sense legislation. And then actually, President Trump has changed it. And President Trump wanted to change the name from the SAVE act to the Save America Act. So now the President is calling it the Save America Act. Number two, he wanted to add to it not just proof of citizenship to register to vote, but also a requirement of photo ID to vote. (21:49–21:54)

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Asserts that President Trump proposed renaming the SAVE act to the Save America Act.

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