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Senator Merkley just let the mask slip on the Senate floor. He openly admitted that requiring proof of citizenship to vote would hurt Democrats because it would stop certain groups from casting ballots—groups that reliably vote blue. This isn't about protecting democracy; it's about protecting a voter base that might not belong here.The SAVE Act simply demands what every logical person already expects: show you're a U.S. citizen before you vote in federal elections. Passports, birth certificates, naturalization papers—basic documents millions of Americans already carry. Yet somehow this common-sense safeguard is framed as an attack on "voting rights."Democrats keep telling us non-citizen voting is a myth, but when one of their own senators warns that citizenship verification would cost them votes, the truth comes out. They need those ballots, legal or not, to stay in power. Election integrity isn't suppression—it's survival for a republic worth keeping.