- Senator Mike Lee has dismissed criticisms of the GOP’s voter ID bill made by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
- Schumer and other Senate Democrats liken the GOP’s voter ID efforts to “Jim Crow 2.0.”
- Senator Lee described these comparisons as a “paranoid fantasy.”
- The debate is intensifying around the GOP’s push for voter ID requirements and federal election regulations.
- Democrats are expressing concerns that these voter ID laws may suppress voter turnout and are drawing parallels to historic racial discrimination practices.
- Senator Lee, however, argues that the claims of voter ID laws being a form of modern Jim Crow are unfounded.
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-lee-calls-schumers-jim-crow-2-0-attack-voter-id-bill-paranoid-fantasy)