Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said on Feb. 8 that requiring voters to show identification is not “unreasonable,” breaking with Democratic messaging as Republicans push to tie the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act’s voter ID provisions to upcoming Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding.
Fetterman made the comments on the Fox News program “Sunday Morning Futures” in a discussion that began with the risk of a shutdown affecting DHS agencies such as the Transportation Security Administration and Federal Emergency Management Agency. In the interview, he said he expected DHS funding to lapse and that he did not want to “jump back” into shutdown politics.
