Trump Swears Illegal Voting Is Rampant, Evidence Says Nah

“Rampant” non-citizen voting is the political version of Bigfoot — everyone’s got a blurry story, nobody’s got a body.

Donald Trump is pushing the SAVE AMERICA Act like it’s a hazmat suit for your ballot box, claiming illegal voting by non-citizens is everywhere. CBS News did the annoying thing journalism is supposed to do and checked. Result: non-citizens are already barred from voting in federal elections, and actual prosecutions are rare because—brace yourself—it barely happens.

The pitch is simple: if you can convince people the system is crawling with “illegal alien” voters, you can sell new voting rules as “security” instead of what they usually are: friction. More paperwork, more hoops, more chances to get bounced because your name has a hyphen or your address changed since your last lease.

Meanwhile, the same politicians who can’t pass a budget without turning it into a hostage situation want you to believe they’ve found the one government program that’s being executed flawlessly: millions of non-citizens voting in secret without anyone noticing. Sure.

The real game isn’t catching a nonexistent horde of fraudulent voters. It’s getting legal voters to give up because standing in line for hours, finding the right documents, and praying the scanner likes your signature is a lot when you’ve got a job, kids, and a landlord who raises rent like it’s a hobby.