Trump pushes 'country-saving' voter ID bill. Here's why Dems oppose it.

Asserting 'cheating is rampant' in US elections, the president said in his State of the Union address he wants strict voter ID laws and other checks.

WASHINGTON – In his State of the Union speech, President Donald Trump demanded passage of “country saving” legislation that he says will protect the 2026 midterm elections from fraud and illegal voting.

“The cheating is rampant in our elections,” Trump said in his Feb. 24 address. “And the reason they don’t want to do it,” Trump said of Democrats opposing the “SAVE America Act” bill, is “because they want to cheat. There’s only one reason.”

“Congress should unite and enact this common-sense, country-saving legislation right now,” Trump said, in calling on Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune, of South Dakota, to pass it as quickly as possible.

“It’s very simple,” Trump added. “All voters must show voter ID. All voters must show proof of citizenship in order to vote. And no more crooked mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military or travel. None.”

Democrats are also afraid the November elections will skewed by interference, but they say it is the SAVE America Act itself that would give Republicans unfair advantage by potentially disenfranchising huge swaths of eligible Democratic voters, especially minorities and women.