Fox Business Host Turns the Tables Fast After Ro

Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) walked into a voter ID buzzsaw on Fox Business Thursday morning and left in items, taking the whole Democrat argument against the SAVE America Act with him.

During an look on Thursday, Khanna clashed with host Maria Bartiromo over the SAVE America Act, the election integrity invoice that would require proof of citizenship for federal voter registration. What adopted was the same drained Democrat two-step: non-citizens should not vote, unlawful voting ought to be punished, citizenship is already required by law. But heaven forbid we truly confirm any of it.

The SAVE America Act has turn into a major precedence for President Trump and many congressional Republicans. The laws has drawn fierce opposition from Democrats, who argue present safeguards are ample. The invoice enjoys broad bipartisan public assist, with 84 p.c of Americans backing voter ID necessities. 

🚨Thank God for journalists like Maria Bartiromo. She refused to put up with Ro Khanna’s bullshit and lies. pic.twitter.com/Szdu2K9ZIP

— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) June 18, 2026

Khanna argued that Americans mustn’t have to produce extra documentation to register.

“I don’t think people should have to go get their birth certificates and go to the registrar. We have a system that allows people to vote if they’re citizens. And by the way, if you’re not a citizen and you vote, you should have enormous penalties, consequences. I’m for making sure that we criminally prosecute people who are voting illegally.”

How precisely have you learnt they’re residents?

Bartiromo wasted little time getting to the level.

“That’s the law. You can’t vote if you’re not an American citizen. Yes, get your birth certificate. Yes, that’s exactly right. I wanted a copy of my birth certificate. I went online, I got the birth certificate. It took a week, no problem.”

Democrats have spent years arguing that proof-of-citizenship necessities are unreasonable, burdensome, or even harmful. On live TV Thursday, Khanna made that case and utterly fell aside doing it. Americans present documentation for numerous routine actions. They do it for passports. They do it for driver’s licenses. They do it for employment verification. They do it for authorities advantages.

But point out voting, and abruptly the same people who navigate the DMV, the TSA, and the IRS every yr are utterly helpless. Give us a break.

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Khanna repeatedly argued that non-citizen voting is already unlawful and ought to carry extreme penalties.

Penalties come after the fact. After the harm is finished. After the fraudulent vote is already solid and counted.

Bartiromo cut proper to it.

“That’s the only way to do it. You have to have a citizenship proof. That’s the only way to do it. It’s not on the backs of Americans. It’s your responsibility to ensure that you’re doing it lawfully.”

Khanna never answered the basic query he walked in with: if only residents can vote, and unlawful voting ought to be prosecuted, why is proving citizenship before registration so controversial?

For supporters of the SAVE America Act, that’s the query Democrats still cannot reply. They will not reply it because they can not. Not without admitting that “existing safeguards” is a speaking level, not a coverage.

Khanna got here on to defend the indefensible. Bartiromo made him pay for it. Pass the SAVE America Act.

Editor’s Note: The Democrats are doing the whole lot in their energy to undermine the integrity of our elections.

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