Kamala Harris rails against SAVE Act because she doesn't like asking people for identification to register to vote

Former Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris this week appeared on a podcast to repeat Democrat talking points on opposition to the SAVE Act, which has stalled in the Senate. At the same time, Senate Republicans have stalled on holding a vote on the measure, instead taking time to hold a dog parade in the halls of the Senate. 

Harris' remarks were made on The Parnas Perspective podcast, and she also criticized President Trump's State of the Union address. "The SAVE Act would require that people show a birth certificate or a passport," Harris said. "I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, but it's something like 40% of Americans don't have those documents," she claimed, parroting what was one of Democrats' early talking points used to oppose the bill. 

Harris went on to repeat another talking point Democrats have used, saying that registering to vote if the SAVE Act were passed would be extra difficult for married women. "Married women, if you changed your name when you got married, it's gonna be different than what's on your birth certificate," the former VP said, claiming that asking for proof of identification would "suppress and obstruct the ability of people to vote."

Harris went so far as to claim the Trump administration might militarize the streets of America to intimidate people against voting. 

Meanwhile, Senate Republicans haven't shown much more motivation to pass the SAVE Act than Harris and other Democrats have shown. Despite Trump calling for a vote on the SAVE Act, which the House has already approved, in the Senate, no vote is imminent. Instead, this week Senate Republicans held "a Bipawtisan Doggi Gras Pawrade" in the halls of the Senate this week. Dogs were marched through the corridors dressed up in Mardi Gras outfits.

For supporters of the SAVE Act, senators prioritizing a dog parade over holding a vote on the SAVE Act might seem like fake news. But it's not. Below, watch a short clip from the parade.