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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Polls Don’t Lie Voter ID Wins Across Party & Racial Lines, so Why do Liberals say NO!

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.85.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

1. Democratic Leadership

  • Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats are opposing the SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act).
  • The opposition is characterized as labeling voter ID laws as “Jim Crow 2.0”, which the speaker argues is a racially offensive and misleading framing.

2. Claims About Public Opinion

  • Polling (attributed to Pew Research and CNN) shows:
    • 95% of Republicans
    • 71% of Democrats
    • Strong majorities of White, Black, and Latino voters support photo ID requirements for voting.

3. Race and Racism Framing

  • Claiming voter ID laws suppress minority voters is itself racist, because it implies minorities are incapable of obtaining identification.
  • Most minority voters favor voter ID and would be insulted by claims suggesting otherwise.

4. Comparison to Other ID Requirements

  • There is extreme hypocrisy on the Left by asserting:
    • Democrats support ID requirements for gun purchases, air travel, government aid, and party conventions.
    • Yet they oppose ID requirements for voting.

5. Election Integrity Narrative

    • Prevent vote dilution
    • Maintain national sovereignty
    • Protect constitutional governance

6. Legislative Focus

  • Strong support is voiced for:
    • The SAVE Act
    • Mandatory photo ID for voting
    • Proof of U.S. citizenship to register
    • Limits on mail‑in ballots
  • Republican leaders are urged to fully commit to these measures.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.8

Chuck Schumer, the man in charge of the Democratic Party, the de facto face of the Democratic

0:10.1

Party, the same guy that was in charge of the government shutdown to try to save his job,

0:14.7

to show the extreme wing of his party, hey, I really am an extremist showing it yet again.

0:23.4

He is now calling the Save Act.

0:24.7

What is the Save Act?

0:25.6

It's very simple.

0:29.7

It requires an ID to vote in federal elections.

0:34.5

He is now saying it is Jim Crow 2.0.

0:37.2

He went on MS now. And the Senate Minority Leader said that the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act

0:43.4

is 2.0 Jim Crow. The co-ho said, so Leader Schumer does talk about election security as

0:50.0

revived discussions of the Saved Act, which you have said you oppose.

0:54.7

Proponents of it say that it's, you know, to have ID you have to prove U.S. citizenship to be able to vote.

1:01.0

Some of the claims they make to be clear are overstated.

1:04.0

We know there's not widespread election fraud, but polling does suggest.

1:08.7

There's a new Pew Research poll that 95% of Republicans,

1:13.9

71% of Democrats like the idea.

1:17.8

Well, you know what?

1:18.9

Let me just let you hear a little more of this conversation.

1:22.2

And I want you to hear how, and when you're listening to this,

1:26.2

I want you to think about one thing.

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