Golf legend Phil Mickelson has slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after the Democrat senator blasted efforts to protect America’s elections.
It comes after Schumer’s criticisms of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
On Wednesday, the Democrat leader attacked the Republican-backed legislation.
The SAVE Act passed in the House last month.
The bill requires voters to provide proof of citizenship in person before they register for a federal election.
The legislation would also remove noncitizens from voter rolls.
The SAVE Act is designed to ensure that only American citizens cast votes in federal elections.
However, it has faced intense pushback from Democrats.
Schumer criticized the Trump administration and the SAVE Act.
He called the bill the “antithesis of democracy.”
During a speech on teh Senate floor, Schumer said:
“Donald Trump and Republicans are putting our elections in a vice grip – executive orders from the president on one end, and dangerous legislation from Congress on the other.
“They don’t understand the sacredness of elections and keeping them fair.
“The kind of legislation, the kind of executive orders which are so jaundiced, so slanted on the side of one party, are the antithesis of democracy.”
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