Posted on 01/28/2026 12:24:54 PM PST by Navy Patriot
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the 2026 midterm elections on the horizon amid increasing strife over problems facing the nation, Republican lawmakers issued an urgent warning that passing a national voter ID law could ruin their plan to hand Congress to the Democrats in November.
While President Trump and his administration continued to apply pressure to congressional GOP leaders and stress the importance of passing voter ID legislation, Republicans expressed concern that such a move could potentially spell doom for their goal of losing both the House and the Senate to Democrats this fall.
"There's a real danger that this could keep us in power," House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Capitol Hill. "We've put a lot of effort into laying the groundwork to hand the Democrats full control of the legislative branch in November, and passing a law that would require voters to show a valid ID could completely derail those plans. We know the president has very strong feelings on the topic, but we're doing our best to avoid making any moves that could prevent us from losing both chambers of Congress."
Johnson's GOP colleagues agreed that now was not the time to bolster election integrity. "We can't worry about this right now," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune. "It would be best to wait until we lose the House and Senate to the Democrats, when we could all use passing a voter ID law as a campaign platform to convince people to vote us back into power in 2028 so we can go back to not really doing anything."
At publishing time, Republican leadership had also warned the White House that continuing to deport illegal aliens could negatively impact Democrats' vote totals.
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RINOs are just old school Democrats.
“””Republicans Warn Passing Voter ID Law Could Ruin Plan To Hand Congress To Democrats In November””””
I wish this satire were not true.
I see that The Bee has again drifted into reporting “real” news. Dammit guys, stick to satire!
They are quite upset about it
Definitely not satire!
I once thought the “Bee” was satire and entertainment.
Turns out to be one of our more reliable news sources!
We are way down the slippery slope. We have entered the "No Graceful Return" zone, and our feet are already sunk into the mire at the bottom.
"You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out."
I can’t even laugh at some of this anymore; it seems too close to the truth.
Sad but true!
“””Senate Majority Leader John Thune. “It would be best to wait until we lose the House and Senate to the Democrats, when we could all use passing a voter ID law as a campaign platform to convince people to vote us back into power in 2028 so we can go back to not really doing anything.”””””
So true. How many times have we heard the GOP say in their campaign ads: “Elect us so we can change XYZ law.”
There are cocktail parties on K Street to attend, dammit!
The GOP loves losing. I am sad my sons have to live in the democrat party s hole. They deserve better.
What good has Republican leadership in Congress been so far? Most of the President’s agenda has been done by EO.
Republican Leadership is an oxymoron.
This is NOT satire. Truth.
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