Senator Bill Hagerty was on “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo to talk about the SAVE Act, which will require voters to present ID for federal elections.
“The House on Wednesday passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE America Act, in a vote 218 to 213,” Bartiromo said.
“The bill now heads to the Senate, where Democrats are vowing to block it using the filibuster. The Republicans seem to have at least 51 votes,” Bartiromo continued.
“Do you believe John Thune will bring the SAVE Act to the floor, and what about this standing so-called talking filibuster scenario. Will that be enough for you to pass the SAVE Act in the Senate now that you have 50 votes, thanks to Susan Collins’ support over the weekend?” Bartiromo asked.
“I want to first of all applaud Susan Collins for coming on board. That gives us the votes necessary to do it, if we can get it to the floor,” Hagerty said.
Senator Hagerty explained that voter ID is largely favored by American citizens.
“The American public are broadly in support of showing voter ID. It’s at north of 80 percent issue for the American public,” Hagerty said.
“Who are the Democrats in the Senate representing? Over 70 percent of Democrats want this, yet we don’t have a single Democrat that will support it,” Hagerty continued.
“They are so detached from reality, it’s just amazing,” Hagerty commented.
“What the SAVE Act does is very simple. It simply requires what we require here in my home state of Tennessee. It codifies that to demonstrate that you are indeed an American citizen in order to vote,” Hagerty said.
Senator Hagerty explained that one of the main reasons Democrats in the Senate don’t support voter ID is that they supported the open border, which resulted in millions of illegals entering the United States. Their plan was to sow chaos into the elections.
“It seems like it should be a no brainer, but the reason that it’s not is because the Democrats of the Biden Administration flooded this country with tens of millions of illegal aliens. They want chaos in the elections. They want no voter ID,” Hagerty said.
“We are looking at the talking filibuster. It’s something that has not been used in a long, long time. It’s a complicated process, but I think we are going to look at every way we possibly can to get this to the floor to defeat the Democrat’s obstructionism,” Hagerty continued.
“And you also said you are right now examining this talking filibuster?” Bartiromo asked.
“Yes, we are looking at it. We’ve gone through it as a conference, and now that we have Susan onboard, I think we are going to be laser focused on this and any other method that we can utilize to get this on the floor,” Hagerty said.
“I think what we will have, if we actually implement it, is a higher turnout in elections because people will have more confidence that the election and their vote is gonna be sacred, it’s gonna be safe and we are gonna have voter integrity,” Hagerty explained.
Watch:
Today, exclusively on @SundayFutures with @MariaBartiromo, Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty @BillHagertyTN spoke about Democrats vowing to filibuster the GOP-Backed Voter ID Bill. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/2yy6vpvQb2
— SundayMorningFutures (@SundayFutures) February 15, 2026
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