Waltz Questions Senate Dems' Willingness to Shut Down Govt Over SAVE Act

With Congress returning next week, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) plans to attach the SAVE Act to a continuing resolution (CR). Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL) recently discussed the scheme on Fox Business's Mornings with Maria, asking if the Democrat-controlled Senate under Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will shut down the government to avoid passing it in the upper chamber.

The SAVE Act, which passed in July, called for stricter voter ID measures to prevent illegal aliens from voting. Its pertinence has increased as some municipalities have allowed non-citizens to vote in local elections. The continuing resolution Speaker Johnson intends to introduce would attach the bill to a budget extending government function into March 2025.

Rep. Waltz mentioned the legalization of non-citizen voting in his comments to host Maria Bartiromo, saying, "At the end of the day, Maria, this is about the future of our elections. This is about the integrity of our Republic. And when you have nearly 20 million illegal immigrants that have flowed across the border, when you see municipalities like Washington, DC, San Francisco, and Manhattan allowing non-citizens to vote, what is the issue with ensuring and mandating that states ensure that everyone voting is an actual citizen of the United States?"

Additionally, Rep. Waltz mentioned that the SAVE Act passed with five Democrat votes "and more expressed privately that they absolutely wanted to."

"So are they really going to shut down the government over allowing illegals to vote in our elections? I think that is what we are going to put before the Senate and let the Senate answer that question to the American people," the Florida Congressman continued.

Bartiromo asked why Sen. Schumer appeared unwilling to bring the SAVE Act to the Senate floor, which Waltz said was one of many bills sitting on his desk awaiting a vote, such as stricter sanctions on China for buying Iranian oil on the black market.

As a result, he said, "This is the right call by Speaker Johnson."

Finally, Bartiromo suggested the California legislature recently passed a bill prohibiting voter ID measures, which Waltz scoffed at.

"You should show that dozens of countries that request the very basics of 'Show your ID, show that you are a citizen before you have the right to vote.' It is truly fundamental," Waltz concluded.