In a press conference this week, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) pushed for voter ID laws, citing the fact that private industries sometimes require identification — including the Olive Garden. “Show a picture to vote — not a complicated subject,” Scalise said, adding, “Nowadays, if you want to go to Olive Garden to get unlimited pasta, you gotta show a picture ID.”…
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Will you remove the cost of applying for a federal ID for everyone, pay for their transit to the location required to get said ID, pay for their missing work, and establish legal protections so they won’t be fired for missing work to get an ID to exercise their rights? Or will you just continue pushing for a poll tax?