About That, Idiot

Sen. Mike Rounds: "Our Democrat colleagues, they're gonna say 'you're gonna disenfranchise voters.' That's not true. You don't hear that complaint when somebody gets on an airplane and saying, 'Gee, I can't afford to get on an airplane because I don't have a driver's license.'" pic.twitter.com/NRwLV7hs5L

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 17, 2026

My btother lay dying, in Chucago. I needed to fly there to see him. I had just renewed my drivers license, and needed the new one because it conformed to the then new federal law that indicated I was, in fact, a U.S. citizen. (I had to get a copy of my birth certificate to renew my license, which I’d held for over 60 years without anyone ever questioning my citizenship.) Had it come in the mail in time, it would not have been a problem. But the postal service delayed delivery for almost two weeks. I finally decided to make the two day trip to drive to Chicago.

My new license arrived the day before I left.

My brother was in a coma when I arrived. But he knew I was there. He died early the next morning after I saw him, for the last time, upon arriving in Chicago.

So fuck you, Sen. Rounds, and your “unlikely” scenarios. The SAVE Act isn’t meant to make voting more secure. It is simply meant to make it more difficult.

Air travel is not a right guaranteed to anyone in the Constitution. Voting is guaranteed to every eligible person in this country. That’s why requiring a driver’s license in order to vote is a poll tax.

Mike Rounds says Republicans just want to make you show your document with a yellow star in order to vote pic.twitter.com/2AYKpk5V3M

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 17, 2026

I.e., it’s unconstitutional.

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— Lora in 520 (@lora_life) February 17, 2026

He really is a world class idiot. (That requirement would violate the 14th Amendment (equal protection).The truth is, if the law even passed, the courts would not allow it to apply to the 2026 midterms (too disruptive), and it wouldn’t pass constitutional muster on several grounds. But that doesn’t mean it should pass.)