"PolitiFact didn’t update anything. They should be honest and call their site PartisanFact."
"The people who call themselves the “mainstream media” have a remarkable tendency to take the minority position on an 80-20 issue, most recently on requiring voters to show a photo ID at the polls. House Republicans have passed the “SAVE Act,” while Democrats have almost unanimously opposed it.
"But the American people do not. Gallup pollsters report 84 percent of Americans support requiring photo ID to vote – 98 percent of Republicans, 84 percent of independents, and 67 percent of Democrats. Large majorities of blacks and Latinos back it. Separately, 83% support the SAVE Act requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote for the first time.
"When presented with this information, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) could only toss that old Biden smear out, that the SAVE Act was “Jim Crow 2.0.” So a majority of blacks favor the return of Jim Crow? How, precisely, is asking voters for an ID comparable to segregated schools and neighborhoods and bathrooms and water fountains? Obviously, they’re comparing Republicans here to racist Southern Democrats who tried to deny blacks the right to vote. That was Jim Crow 1.0.
"Sadly, CNN political reporter Zach Wolf demonstrated how united Democrats are in pushing this blatant lie, except for Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania: “I think Fetterman is the most off-message Democrat in the chamber right now….I think most Democrats would get on board with what Schumer was saying.” . . . More...
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