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Conservative viewers watching Ed Henry’s The Big Take got what they expected this week: Sen. Ron Johnson pushed back hard against the far-left’s reflexive opposition to common-sense voter ID, arguing that America needs basic national standards like photo identification and proof of citizenship while still leaving states in charge of their elections. Johnson made clear he opposes “nationalizing” elections, but insists that the SAVE America Act’s measures are the kind of commonsense reforms that restore confidence in our system.
Ed Henry and his guests have been relentless in exposing the Democrats’ hypocrisy on this issue, and Republican voices on the program — including Senators and House members — hammered home that opposition to voter ID is political theater, not principle. On Newsmax, Sen. Katie Britt and Rep. Byron Donalds echoed that voter ID is an “80-20” issue with overwhelming public support, and they pointed out that the left’s fearmongering is meant to protect the status quo that benefits one party.
Make no mistake: the left’s reflex to label voter ID “Jim Crow 2.0” is dishonest and insulting to the very Americans they claim to champion. Senator Johnson and other conservatives rightly call out the double standard — Democrats rail against voter safeguards while voting to expand ballot access in ways that invite confusion and potential abuse. Polling and conservative commentary show that Americans across the political spectrum want secure elections, not partisan theater.
Patriots watching this debate should be outraged that Democrats prefer the politics of power over the rule of law, dressing up obstruction as compassion while making it harder to trust election outcomes. Johnson’s voice on The Big Take was a welcome reminder that defending the integrity of the ballot box is not radical — it is a duty to future generations who deserve honest government. Conservatives must keep making the case loudly: transparency and ID laws protect voters, not suppress them.
For transparency, this piece is grounded in Senator Johnson’s recent public statements supporting national voter-ID standards and in coverage from Ed Henry’s Newsmax program where multiple Republican guests pushed the SAVE Act and criticized Democratic opposition; while I referenced Newsmax segments and Johnson’s office statements, a direct transcript of the specific YouTube clip titled in the assignment was not found in publicly indexed sources during research.
