{"id":69799,"date":"2026-03-12T01:26:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sen-john-fetterman-calls-trumps-criticism-of-mail-in-voting-ridiculous\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T01:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:26:35","slug":"sen-john-fetterman-calls-trumps-criticism-of-mail-in-voting-ridiculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sen-john-fetterman-calls-trumps-criticism-of-mail-in-voting-ridiculous\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. John Fetterman calls Trump&#8217;s criticism of mail-in voting &#8220;ridiculous&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania on Wednesday dismissed\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/save-america-act-republican-elections-bill\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the SAVE America Act<\/a><\/span>, the controversial elections bill being pushed by the Trump administration and some Republican lawmakers, criticizing what he sees as the GOP&#8217;s about-face on mail-in voting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t support it\u2026in its current state,&#8221; Fetterman told CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett in an interview Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>The bill would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and photo ID to cast a ballot. President Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116200253375013431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">has also called<\/a> for Republicans to attach an amendment that would ban mail-in voting. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The president is constantly critical on mail-in voting, and that&#8217;s ridiculous,&#8221; Fetterman said. &#8220;It&#8217;s safe. Some of the best examples in the country are from red states like Ohio and Florida.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Fetterman recalled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palegis.us\/statutes\/unconsolidated\/law-information?sessYr=2019&amp;sessInd=0&amp;actNum=77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Act 77<\/a>, legislation passed in 2019 by the Pennsylvania legislature with wide bipartisan support that legalized mail-in voting in the state. At the time, Fetterman was serving as Pennsylvania&#8217;s lieutenant governor, which he said Wednesday gave him a &#8220;unique perspective&#8221; on the issue. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Republicans in Pennsylvania pushed for mail-in voting,&#8221; Fetterman said of Act 77. &#8220;They forced us to give up the straight party line.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>However, a group of Republican state lawmakers, many of whom had voted in favor of Act 77, reversed course and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mail-in-voting-ballots-struck-down-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">filed a lawsuit<\/a><\/span> in 2021 attempting to overturn the law after it <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-encouraging-pennsylvania-state-lawmakers-repeal-mail-voting-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was criticized<\/a><\/span> by Mr. Trump. That attempt failed when the law was upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And then immediately, the president decided that it&#8217;s wrong,&#8221; Fetterman said. &#8220;And then they had to walk back and explain why, unanimously, every single Republican voted for that in 2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman said the SAVE America Act will &#8220;never pass&#8221; because of the filibuster. While Senate legislation only needs 51 votes to pass, under the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/about\/powers-procedures\/filibusters-cloture.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Senate&#8217;s filibuster rule<\/a>, it takes 60 votes to end debate on a bill and bring it to the floor for such a passage vote, a procedure known as cloture. A filibuster occurs when the Senate does not have the 60 votes needed. <\/p>\n<p>Fetterman said he and fellow Democrats who ran for Congress in 2022 did so in part &#8220;to get rid of the filibuster,&#8221; but now find themselves depending on it. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, we find ourselves as Democrats, we love the filibuster, we cling to that,&#8221; Fetterman said.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/save-america-act-thune-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">indicated<\/a><\/span> that the SAVE America Act did not have enough backing in the upper chamber. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are no easy ways to do this,&#8221; Thune said Tuesday. &#8220;Believe me, we&#8217;ve examined all the options.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman, meanwhile, noted that while he doesn&#8217;t support the SAVE America Act, he acknowledged that there appears to be wide support for some form of voter ID, citing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2025\/08\/22\/majority-of-americans-continue-to-back-expanded-early-voting-voting-by-mail-voter-id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a> released in August 2025 that showed 83% of Americans are in favor of all voters showing government-issued photo identification to cast a ballot. <\/p>\n<p>Said Fetterman: &#8220;So if the Republicans would ever just make it showing basic state ID to vote, hey, I&#8217;m not going to tell 83% of Americans that they&#8217;re wrong, or that they are Jim Crow.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/john-fetterman-calls-trump-criticism-of-mail-in-voting-ridiculous-save-america-act\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Sen. 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