White House takes victory lap over New Jerseys confession about thousands of non-citizen voters

WASHINGTON – President Trump’s administration is taking a victory lap after New Jersey Gov.Mikie Sherrill admitted more than 6,000 non-citizens had been added to the state’s voter rolls, doubling down on its call for a voter ID bill to become law.Trump and his staff have been pushing Congress hard to pass the Save America Act, which would require states to purge their voting rolls of non-citizens.

“Democrats and their media allies have repeatedly said it is impossible for noncitizens to register to vote, let alone cast a ballot.Time and again, they have been proven wrong,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told The Post.“As President Trump has said, there is nothing more important than the integrity of our elections.

And this latest incident underscores the absolute necessity of the SAVE America Act.American voters deserve to have confidence that our elections are safe and secure – President Trump will never stop fighting to make that happen and all patriotic Americans should join in his effort.”The Save America Act would require Americans to prove their citizenship when registering to vote and to show photo identification.The president, however, has added a host of other provisions to the legislation, including a section to ban most mail voting, banning transgender women and girls from competing in women’s and girls’ sports, and restricting transgender medical treatments for minors.A version of the legislation has passed the House but is still in the Senate, where it needs 60 votes to advance.But the Trump administration continued its push.Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin noted that “Just ONE illegal vote cancels out the vote of a U.S.

citizen.As @DHSgov reported last week—New Jersey could have as many as 35,152 potential non-citizens registered to vote.”“Looking forward to working with you to secure your elections in the future,” he added in his post on social media.After Trump addressed the nation last week abo...