Senate Democrats’ recent rejection of voter ID is giving Republicans fresh ammunition in the midterm fight, putting them on the opposite side of a practice that is common across the country and broadly popular with voters in both parties.Republicans have developed a cynical view of why Democrats won’t play ball with voter ID, arguing that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus don’t want to give the GOP a win heading into the midterm elections."Democrats are gonna vote against it because they don't want to give the president a win," Sen.Jim Banks, R-Ind., told Fox News Digital.
"They don’t want to give Republicans a win.They'll screw the country and stuff."DOZENS OF HOUSE DEMOCRATS REJECT BILL FUSING CONGRESSIONAL STOCK BAN WITH FEDERAL VOTER IDSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., panned House Republicans' demands that voter ID legislation be included in the Trump-backed funding deal.
(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Republicans' latest attempt to pass a federal voter ID law, which was paired with another popular issue to ban insider trading in Congress, comes months after initially launching their push to pass the SAVE America Act, a high priority for President Donald Trump that Schumer and Democrats have time and again rejected.Earlier this year, Democrats argued that voter ID isn’t so bad, it’s just how Republicans were approaching it that they disagreed with — Schumer dubbed the SAVE America Act "Jim Crow 2.0" and contended it would disenfranchise Black and Brown voters."Democrats support voter ID," Schumer said on a press call earlier this year."In fact, we included it, and it is included, in our Freedom to Vote legislation several years ago."INSIDE THE SENATE'S CHAOTIC ALL-NIGHTER THAT LEFT TRUMP'S SAVE AMERICA ACT ON THE SHELFBut as the months have dragged on, an issue that voters overwhelmingly support has become a place for Democrats to dig their heels into the dirt against.Requiring identification to vote is alrea...