Schumer welcomed ID laws to counter welfare fraud in the 1990s, but now says voter ID 'Jim Crow 2.0'

Mike Lee calls Schumer's 'Jim Crow 2.0' attack on voter ID bill 'paranoid fantasy'

Senate Democrats compare GOP voter ID push to "Jim Crow 2.0," but Sen. Mike Lee calls the comparison "paranoid fantasy" as the debate intensifies over federal election requirements.

Schumer welcomed ID laws to counter welfare fraud in the 1990s, but now says voter ID 'Jim Crow 2.0'

A video has emerged of Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer in 1996 talking about the importance of ID checks to prevent welfare fraud by illegal immigrants.

Mike Lee calls Schumer’s ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ attack on voter ID bill ‘paranoid fantasy’ – Your Capital Minds

Senate Democrats have panned the GOP’s push for voter ID legislation as akin to segregationist laws from the Deep South, but the architect of the bill in the Senate says their arguments are detached from reality. ‘It’s paranoid fantasy,’ Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, told Fox News Digital. ‘These are absurd arguments. They should be ashamed to make them.’ Lee was responding to comments from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who has doubled …

Mike Lee calls Schumer’s ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ attack on voter ID bill ‘paranoid fantasy’

Senate Democrats have panned the GOP’s push for voter ID legislation as akin to segregationist laws from the Deep South, but the architect of the bill in the Senate says their arguments are detached from reality."It's paranoid fantasy," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, told Fox News Digital. "These are absurd arguments. They should be ashamed to make them."Lee was responding to comments from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who has doubled do…

Schumer embraced ID laws to counter fraud in the 1990s, but now calls voter ID ‘Jim Crow 2.0’

A video has emerged of Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer in 1996 talking about the importance of ID checks to prevent welfare fraud by illegal immigrants. The video is going viral online as Mr. Schumer and the rest of his party now vehemently oppose Republicans’ voter ID legislation. He describes the GOP-authored SAVE America Act, which requires photo ID at the polls and proof of citizenship to register to vote, as “Jim Crow 2.0” and s…