Washington, D.C. – Senator Raphael Warnock gave an All-Star flip-flop yesterday when he claimed he never opposed voter ID laws. That statement was a lie.
Sen. Raphael Warnock Falsely Claims He Never Opposed Voter ID Laws
Warnock has spoken out against voter ID laws for years
By: Evie Fordham
Senator Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., claims he has “never been opposed” to voter ID laws — but a Fox News review of Warnock’s past comments found that he has been a fierce opponent of voter ID requirements.
“I have never been opposed to voter ID,” Warnock told NBC News in an interview published Thursday. “And in fact, I don’t know anybody who is — who believes people shouldn’t have to prove that they are who they say they are. But what has happened over the years is people have played with common sense identification and put into place restrictive measures intended not to preserve the integrity of the outcome, but to select, certain group.”
But Warnock has condemned voter ID requirements for years.
“All of these voter suppression laws saying we’ve got to have voter ID laws because if we don’t they might vote twice. Are you kidding? Have you been in America these last several years? It’s hard enough to get people to vote once, let alone twice,” Warnock said in 2016.
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