Republicans PLOTTING to Make It Impossible to Vote | Rep. Greg Landsman
Defending Democracy with Marc Elias
Democracy Docket
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🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Rep. Greg Landsman joins Marc Elias to break down the House-passed SAVE Act, warning it would disenfranchise millions of Americans — especially married women, college students, seniors, and low-income voters — through strict proof-of-citizenship and voter ID requirements. They also dive into partisan gerrymandering in states like Ohio and Texas, the battle for control of Congress in 2026, healthcare cuts, and what’s at stake for American democracy.
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| 0:00.0 | Corrupt House Republicans just passed the Save America Act, a bill that will disenfranchise |
| 0:05.4 | millions of voters as we head into the 2026 midterm elections. |
| 0:09.6 | Today's guest, Congressman Greg Lansman, he's been leading the fight to protect your |
| 0:13.6 | right to vote. He's on the front lines defending free and fair elections, as Republicans |
| 0:17.8 | threaten to send ice around polls, indict Democratic lawmakers, and spread lies about the midterm elections. |
| 0:24.3 | He joins me to break down the Save America Act, reveal what's next for the bill's future now that it goes to the U.S. Senate, |
| 0:30.7 | and why all of this might just be another distraction from, you got it, the Epstein files. |
| 0:35.8 | But first, subscribe to this channel to stay informed about how you |
| 0:39.4 | can defend democracy. Congressman Greg Lansman, welcome back to defending democracy. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:44.5 | All right, so Republicans in the House passed a massive voter suppression and disenfranchisement bill, |
| 0:50.4 | the Save America Act. And I immediately told everyone I wanted to have you on because you |
| 0:55.8 | have been one of the leaders in the fight against this effort. So tell us, you know, kind of what |
| 1:02.2 | happened in the House, why I believe every single Republican voted for it. And, you know, |
| 1:09.4 | what you think we all need to do next? Well, it's really important |
| 1:13.3 | that the Senate doesn't take this up, that every one of our Democratic members understands just |
| 1:19.7 | how devastating this bill would be to our democracy and tens of millions of voters. I mean, |
| 1:25.9 | it's tens of millions of voters that would be |
| 1:28.1 | disenfranchised or life would be much harder for them as voters, right? And I don't think that |
| 1:36.5 | there are Democrats that would vote for this because it's so bad for our democracy. But, you know, |
| 1:43.1 | it's really important that people hear from, you know, |
| 1:46.6 | everyone who would be disenfranchised or life would become much harder for them. It is an attempt |
| 1:52.2 | to make it harder for people to vote that they don't want voting, they being, you know, Trump and |
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