Hi, Brian Lairer here.

Up next, Brian Lairor Weekend,

three of our favorite segments from the week,

packaged together for you to listen to on the weekend.

So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the radio Monday at 10 a.m.

on WNYC and WNYC. Good morning, everyone.

We're going to start with a specific

angle on the State of the Union address. I'll assume you either heard enough of it yourself

or have heard enough coverage this morning of the speech in general. We're going to look at this

as a big national campaign kickoff speech for the 26 midterms and how it intersects with concerns that Trump

will be doing everything he can to suppress democratic votes. Our central clip from the speech,

funny enough, and we'll play it right now, is where he references Zeran Mamdani in a mostly

positive way as Trump is urging Congress to pass the so-called

Save Act, which would require proof of citizenship documents to register to vote, and that's not

just for immigrants, by the way, and then government IDs when you show up to vote, and a nationwide

ban on most mail-in ballots.

Trump actually called this part of his hour and 47-minute speech,

perhaps the most important part, so let's take him seriously and add his word.

Here's that clip.

And no more crooked mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military, or travel.

None.

And this should be an easy one.

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