'Are Pharmacies Racist? The Airline Industry -- Is That Racist?': Mike Lee Mocks Voter ID Opposition

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2021
  • At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) pushed back on claims that voter ID laws were racially discriminatory.
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  • @maniacal1870
    @maniacal1870 2 года назад +596

    We are the ONLY country in the world with democratic elections that does not require ID to vote.
    Let that sink in.

    • @greenleavesofsummer9673
      @greenleavesofsummer9673 2 года назад +22

      Where have the Republicans been? Why haven’t they made voter ID required decades ago. I’ve yelled about it since 80’s as a young adult. Republicans just respond to things happening not look ahead
      a decade or two and try to anticipate
      What needs tuned up in our system
      To keep in line with our Constitution
      And our Bill of Rights.

    • @papawspistoloo6984
      @papawspistoloo6984 2 года назад +26

      Cheaters like open voting booths and borders. Just sayin.

    • @dpatrick1992
      @dpatrick1992 2 года назад +17

      @@greenleavesofsummer9673 Republicans are worse than Democrats. Dems destroy everything they touch but Republicans allow them to. The GOP I is non existent now. They run nothing and they aren't stopping the destruction of the nation. They are worse than Dems because at least you know where u stand with Dems. There are establishment republicans who have the same goal as Democrats

    • @double-you5130
      @double-you5130 2 года назад +26

      you are not a democratic country anymore. the system made sure to get biden elected and got rid of Trump, against the wishes of the voters...

    • @brendawilcoxson5812
      @brendawilcoxson5812 2 года назад +9

      I live in Alabama. We have to show ID to vote.

  • @blastyfs2
    @blastyfs2 2 года назад +975

    can we be honest and just say that it is not about racism, that this is about democrats wanting non-eligible participants to vote for them?

    • @larrymcneill8407
      @larrymcneill8407 2 года назад +2

      Look you have no rights to change my vote.thata what this is about.its not about voter id it giving republican party states to deside how and who I voted for. And I'll fight do that right because I'm a true patriot I'll be fighting for my right to vote keeping a dictator from taking over this great country.

    • @TheAxe4Ever
      @TheAxe4Ever 2 года назад +49

      Yes. WE can be honest about it. But the democrats sure can’t be honest.

    • @georgewagner7787
      @georgewagner7787 2 года назад +27

      How does ID enable someone to change your vote? If someone wanted to change votes, they could do it without knowing the identity of the person.

    • @beno.9958
      @beno.9958 2 года назад +44

      @@larrymcneill8407 If you are a patriot of the USA you would want your vote to count. If you allow non-citizens, dead people, duplicate voters, voters that don't exit to vote by mail then your vote will not count it has been stolen. That is what the democrat party did in the last election. That has been proven it is a fact,
      I will fight to make sure there is no more cheating. If you were a true patriot you would want the same. If you have a reasonable amount of intelligence you would see that the one doing the dictating is the dictator, "our patience is getting thin" we will mandate, Did you not hear Biden say these things? He is supposed to be president, not the king. Who the f*ck does he think he is. He should be impeached for all of his offenses against the people of America and then he should be prosecuted. Along with his hoe's.

    • @webartist69
      @webartist69 2 года назад +10

      Finally someone commenting on these types of videos showing how evil the DemocRATS are and how badly they want ANY vote from ANYWHERE!!!!!! Thank you Sir or Madaam in reminding people that IT IS NOT ABOUT RACISM!!!!!!

  • @carminegalante4925
    @carminegalante4925 2 года назад +88

    Anybody that says “you dont need an I.D. For your right to vote” should be completely fine with no I.D. Or registration for for firearms because it is our right to bear arms. Anything else said would be nonsensical leftist rhetoric.

    • @MessoverOG
      @MessoverOG 2 года назад +13

      And no vaccine ID either!

  • @pmillson1
    @pmillson1 2 года назад +253

    Ask if vaccine mandates are racist when you have to show a CDC vaccine "id" card?

    • @myyoutube62
      @myyoutube62 2 года назад

      Going to a music venue or whatever is not a constitutionally enshrined right. Private companies are able to make their own rules for people to be on their property, and one of those is to show proof of vaccination.
      Voting is a constitutionally enshrined right and attempt to make voting as difficult as possible have historically been an attempt to disenfranchise black people.
      Communism will win, btw.

    • @randomgrahammedia8703
      @randomgrahammedia8703 2 года назад +29

      @@myyoutube62 What your saying sounds really racist and bigoted, it really seems like your insulting the intelligence and capabilities of not just black people but all people. Because it is a constitutionally enshrined right means that it should be kept safe and secure.
      ruclips.net/video/WnJasqv9X_s/видео.html

    • @peteryeung111
      @peteryeung111 2 года назад +19

      My RUclips
      Go live in Cuba or China, you'll love it. Maybe you're not American 🤷🏻‍♂️ and How difficult is it to show your id if you're legitimately a legal citizen?

    • @AdeboFunkyVoodoo
      @AdeboFunkyVoodoo 2 года назад +1

      No because the vaccine is free, the CDC vaccine card is free. So it does not discriminate based on your ability to pay.

    • @bailsack90
      @bailsack90 2 года назад +20

      @@AdeboFunkyVoodoo you get viter id's for free. You just call your local branch. They mail it to you. I have one because I take the metro.

  • @LogicAndCompassion
    @LogicAndCompassion 2 года назад +463

    I'm glad someone in government is finally saying it.

    • @janeth3175
      @janeth3175 2 года назад +16

      He hit everything. God bless our true Patriots 👍

    • @captainhappy7404
      @captainhappy7404 2 года назад +7

      Here is the truth .America is not systematically racist ,but many people are racist in thier hearts...but those people are not all white .If you want to visit a country that is systematically racist, just go south into mexico ,and keep going all the way down to the tip of Argentina...you will never be in a country that isnt systematically racist

    • @charlescurran1289
      @charlescurran1289 2 года назад +3

      People have been saying this for decades but the news media only allows democrat talking points and ignore any dissenting information.

    • @jonnyhotrod9
      @jonnyhotrod9 2 года назад

      Saying the most stupis shit I've ever heard?

    • @justinr1513
      @justinr1513 2 года назад

      @@jonnyhotrod9 Elaborate.

  • @suebalingit4526
    @suebalingit4526 2 года назад +182

    Mr Lee I'm from the Philippines and it's a 3rd World Country, my relatives in the Philippines are shocked when I told them that you don't need an ID to vote in the USA.

    • @jasonwilson3057
      @jasonwilson3057 2 года назад +14

      Fortunately 35 states have ID requirements to vote and they have been approved by the U.S. supreme court.

    • @donovanmurugan5148
      @donovanmurugan5148 2 года назад +12

      Totally agree im from africa.. I'm black. We need ID to vote

    • @EricaL2024
      @EricaL2024 2 года назад +8

      @Droodle they won’t listen to a black person that thinks that way. They pretend we don’t exist. They cater to the ones that cry racism.

    • @cxa340
      @cxa340 2 года назад +7

      In my country we have to show voter id, and it has to be a specific id, and finger print, and photo must match the photo in the rolls - imagine if the US had the same system

    • @BenMJay
      @BenMJay 2 года назад +5

      Filipino women are beautiful! Please dont let your country be turned into a progressive communist hello hole like we have here in America. Everyone knows the reason Democrats cry racism at everything is because they have no argument. They cry racism to manipulate black people. Democrats have always manipulated black people dating back to slavery. And they still do it today. Voter ID would prevent the Democrats from cheating at elections. Like they always do. Thats why they hate voter ID.

  • @Majima_Nowhere
    @Majima_Nowhere 2 года назад +66

    "Racism is the only card you can draw from an empty deck"
    -Chip Roy
    Meaning, if you want to make a change but have no logical or moral reason to do it, say that the thing to be changed is racist.

  • @isaachartford1535
    @isaachartford1535 2 года назад +107

    Just goes to show that this concept of "voting" exists just to give us an illusion of choice

    • @chriss4365
      @chriss4365 2 года назад +3

      After this election I'm starting to agree.

    • @Maverick_682
      @Maverick_682 2 года назад +2

      You're right no matter the way you look at it. Its not even a conspiracy theory. We can elect whoever as president every four years but the unelected beaurocrats always stay the same. They're pulling the strings from behind the curtain. If they agree with you ideologically then your legislation might pass. If they don't then you're screwed. 🤷‍♂️

    • @MG007.
      @MG007. 2 года назад

      Exactly .
      A revolution is in order.

    • @paulclarke8237
      @paulclarke8237 2 года назад

      Not true, the actions of politicians have huge effects on our lives. What would you want elected officials to do that they aren't doing?

    • @chriss4365
      @chriss4365 2 года назад

      @@MG007. That is the only thing that will have any effect sadly.

  • @thomasrogers1509
    @thomasrogers1509 2 года назад +196

    Dont forget cashing welfare checks... need ID for that too

    • @Lisa-qs1xd
      @Lisa-qs1xd 2 года назад +25

      Need I'd last time I looked to get a library card to check out a book! Racists everywhere!

    • @enigma9971
      @enigma9971 2 года назад +2

      They definitely wanna be done with that as well! Hahaha

    • @lxLanarchyxl
      @lxLanarchyxl 2 года назад +10

      @leo estrada most people in the country are white einstein

    • @bikerjk1205
      @bikerjk1205 2 года назад +6

      @leo estrada Whites are 61% of the population but 43% of welfare recipients.

    • @tonyj8947
      @tonyj8947 2 года назад +4

      @leo estrada Yes but they have ID.

  • @donaldjtaylor5312
    @donaldjtaylor5312 2 года назад +355

    Supreme court ruling. Voting ID is legal & recommend.

    • @greggoryzimmerman6365
      @greggoryzimmerman6365 2 года назад +2

      Norrh Carolina Judge says it is racist to show ID.

    • @jamesvincent5875
      @jamesvincent5875 2 года назад +3

      @@greggoryzimmerman6365 No... no judge said that. This isn't opposite day...

    • @alex-brs
      @alex-brs 2 года назад +1

      @Scott Black You don't have a "right" to drink spirits.

    • @mariagaluppo6171
      @mariagaluppo6171 2 года назад +2

      @leo estrada Leo man I wish you New and understand just how screwed we are if these globalist Democratic leaders get there way id is not in any way racist it’s a way of legally ensuring all Americans have a right to there vote be counted and property vetted every time a voting process is Watered down cheating happens and cheating leads to people who legally didn’t win elections winning and then changing the way our country our people live forever such as tax inflation no freedom no privacy no private property ownership no private healthcare no private business sectors no wealth no education no rights

    • @justaclassyduck
      @justaclassyduck 2 года назад +5

      @leo estrada If not with ID, how would you suggest that a person going to vote can prove that they are an American citizen, over 18, eligible to vote, and the person who is registered to vote?

  • @standup7163
    @standup7163 2 года назад +53

    Democrats: Everything is racist if it isn’t my way….

  • @mauricioal.
    @mauricioal. 2 года назад +12

    it's bizarre watching as a non american how they have this whole argument about voter ID. my country has it and my neighbouring countries have it too. why can't the "most powerful nation on earth" have voter ID?

    • @dbjkatz
      @dbjkatz 2 года назад +3

      Because the Democrats would be voted out of power forever - except in the swamps of New York, L.A. and Chicago.

  • @smokingun397
    @smokingun397 2 года назад +680

    Not having to show ID when voting in a 'civilized' country is ridiculous

    • @russellpearce3749
      @russellpearce3749 2 года назад +16

      I have worked in several foreign countries and I've known people who voted in those countries they are required to show their ID in fact they have in Nicaragua a deal where you dip your finger on an ink pad and you put your fingerprint on the ballot. And some people would say Nicaragua has one of the most corrupt elections in this hemisphere if they require that level of identification the Democrats just want to be able to steal another election

    • @IndianasOwnDanaBlack
      @IndianasOwnDanaBlack 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/A1ZORpBu7r0/видео.html

    • @smokingun397
      @smokingun397 2 года назад

      @Brian Rosa Welll I don't know if that would be such a bad thing :-)

    • @elbinx760
      @elbinx760 2 года назад

      @@russellpearce3749
      because the u.s soooo alike to nicaragua😂

    • @KPuddin
      @KPuddin 2 года назад +12

      @Monotech2.0 i like how u put "major fraud that would overturn any election". fraud is fraud. major or not. and yes, all of the instances of fraud would not overturn the election... by themselves. adding them all up sure would though.

  • @sarahd.787
    @sarahd.787 2 года назад +505

    So no voter id’s but yes vaccine id’s? Seriously?

    • @drinklotsofwater0006
      @drinklotsofwater0006 2 года назад +4

      That think we r dirty stinky Walmart Shoppers. They think we r stupid.

    • @christopherbuckman4909
      @christopherbuckman4909 2 года назад +2

      Hilarious Sarah D.

    • @robostrangetv558
      @robostrangetv558 2 года назад +2

      @@drinklotsofwater0006 You are

    • @robostrangetv558
      @robostrangetv558 2 года назад +3

      Yes. One is a constitutional right, one is a public health measure. Just like when schools require proof of vaccine. Public health.

    • @jimb5113
      @jimb5113 2 года назад +19

      Maybe science can give us a vaccine against politicians.

  • @gailworster9132
    @gailworster9132 2 года назад +26

    Love this guy, everything he's saying is "TRUE"

  • @slayermill8621
    @slayermill8621 2 года назад +13

    Who needs voter I.D when we're allowed to just identify as whatever we want to be? Next election I'm going to cast 100 votes. One for each of my 100 different split personalities.

  • @wilmabrooks9679
    @wilmabrooks9679 2 года назад +380

    Look. EVERYBODY knows it's not racist to ask for ID to vote. If anything it gives people more confidence in our election systems!!

    • @paulriversred738
      @paulriversred738 2 года назад +10

      @leo estrada wrong stuff like this comment is what is wrong🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

    • @melaniejay3457
      @melaniejay3457 2 года назад +31

      @leo estrada The richest in this country are overwhelmingly democrats.

    • @marvredwolf8005
      @marvredwolf8005 2 года назад +26

      @leo estrada So you are saying Black n brown people cant get ID"S?

    • @Thiennhantam99
      @Thiennhantam99 2 года назад +4

      @leo estrada do you have your name is that your I’d or your name just a…..

    • @brandonlynch3722
      @brandonlynch3722 2 года назад +21

      @leo estrada how does it gives whites an advantage? 😂

  • @PFLEONARDI0906
    @PFLEONARDI0906 2 года назад +197

    Voting integrity is paramount. My grandfather in Chicago voted after he died….

    • @heathercartwright2278
      @heathercartwright2278 2 года назад +16

      I was just talking to my grandpa about politics he was a trucker in Chicago in the 60s and he said Chicago is beyond corrupt. He use to be a Democrat when he was younger and told me stories about how they cheated for votes and played extremely dirty. And it didn’t just have to deal with voting , there was corruption in so many aspects.

    • @Cantstandbs
      @Cantstandbs 2 года назад +2

      Of course he did. He must be that for ever non Trump vote the left talk about. lol...

    • @Katsplace.
      @Katsplace. 2 года назад +1

      So. Your grandfather voted for Trump after he died and trump still lost, that explains why trump was so angry.

    • @heathercartwright2278
      @heathercartwright2278 2 года назад +9

      @@Katsplace. if he was in Chicago it def wasn’t a vote for trump 😉

    • @noahsilon4630
      @noahsilon4630 2 года назад +6

      Kathy Coleman, the idiot who thinks showing ID to vote is racist. Lmao.

  • @lyndagauthier1670
    @lyndagauthier1670 2 года назад +10

    Could I simply walk into the House or Senate, while in session or otherwise, and not have someone stop me or at the very least check ID ?? Or are you all racist ? The whole damn thing is ridiculous

  • @Artilectual
    @Artilectual 2 года назад +13

    The fact that this is even a debate shows the lack of governments ability to function and provide basic safety and legal processes.

  • @kathyschmidt5456
    @kathyschmidt5456 2 года назад +94

    The voter rolls should be cleaned up every 6 months…..mandatory by state law

    • @a.j.carmichael8156
      @a.j.carmichael8156 2 года назад +9

      And that would be job creation too.

    • @wraith511802003
      @wraith511802003 2 года назад

      @duenia b The lefitist loon did that via the courts, and the GA admin rolled over with out a fight.

    • @davidscbirdsall
      @davidscbirdsall 2 года назад

      @duenia b How would military service members, those on vacation, those on a business trip, out-of-state students, out-of-state workers, the invalid, the hospitalized, and those without a way to get to a polling booth on Election Day be able to vote? Im from Louisiana where we’ve had mail-in and absentee voting since the Civil War. We’ve also had voter ID laws for a very long time too. We’ve had 150 years of experience in dealing with the needs of out states citizens who are out of state for a variety of legitimate and necessary reasons. If it wasn’t for mail-in and absentee voting, my legally blind veteran father who has difficulty getting around would not be able to practice his right to vote for which he, his father, I, and my other relatives served this country to protect.
      The main reason why there are many different election days is because there are many levels of government: federal, state, county, and municipal. Each of those governments have different laws and issues, and needs of the people are always changing. Article 1 and the 10th Amendment of the US Constitution require elections to be controlled by the states. Each state can develop their own election procedures and election dates. This allows states, counties, and cities to have elections as necessary to vote on laws, members of congress, presidents, supreme court justices, governors, mayors, sheriffs, attorney generals, council members, and other issues as needed. If one of your Members of Congress is incapacitated or dies unexpectedly, are you going to leave that seat open until the next election, so your state has one less vote and is not equally represented in Congress until the next Nov 3 election day which may be 4 years away?

    • @davidscbirdsall
      @davidscbirdsall 2 года назад

      @duenia b First: Im 47. How old are you? Are you actually going to argue that age is more important than wisdom? Second: Are you sure you know about elections and voting in the US? Do you know any US history? Most US states are less than 200 years old. Almost half of the states in the US are less than 150 years old. Based on that information wouldn’t that make it impossible for the entire US to have voting experience of 200+ years? I don’t know who taught you math or history, but you might want to get some remedial lessons. I may appear to be stupid, but Im not actually stupid like you’ve proven yourself to be.
      Yes, the US declared independence in 1776 with the signing of the Declaration of Independence (DoI), 245 years ago, but there were no states at that time. That’s right, there were zero states in 1776. In 1776, there were 13 colonies with a Continental Congress and a 140 year old National Guard. The Army, Navy, and Marines were founded a few months earlier in 1775, a year before the DoI. The United States didn’t begin until 1787 when Delaware became the first US state, 10 years after the DoI. The DoI wasn’t ratified as an official US documents until 1788, and the US Constitution wasn’t ratified until 1789; because we didn’t have any states to ratify anything until that time. There were very few US states until the 1800s. Most states in the Eastern US (east of the Mississippi River) were added in 1812 or later. Almost half of the US states didn’t exist until the Civil War, which happened more than 100 years after the DoI. Most of the states in the western US (west of the Mississippi River) including the Alaska and Hawaii didn’t exist until after the Civil War making them less than 150 years old. My home state of Louisiana has been a state since its purchase after the War of 1812. Before that, we were the largest territory in North America covering more than 1/3 of what became that US along with part of what became Canada. Natives have been in Louisiana since before 3500 BC. The first colonial explorers came to the Louisiana territory in the 1500s more than 200 years before the US began and applied the name Louisiana.
      Like the US, the US Constitution grew over time. In 1789, the US Constitution only had 10 amendments which are known as the Bill of Rights. Now, the US Constitution has 27 Amendments, almost 3 times as many then its ratification in 1789. How do I know this? Unlike you, I actually read the US Constitution. The US Constitution has things like Article 1 (1776) and later the 10th Amendment (1791), which assigns control of elections to the states not the federal government. Each state creates their own laws and processes on how voting is conducted, how candidates are qualified to be in an election, and who is qualified to vote. This also means that each state has its own individual policies on absentee and mail-in voting including how it works and who can use it. Louisiana had voting before it was purchased and turned into a state in 1812. 50 years later, Louisiana added mail-in and absentee voting during the Civil War.
      In order to use to use mail-in and absentee voting in Louisiana, one must be a qualified to vote in Louisiana elections, and one must also get permission to use the mail-in voting system or to use the absentee voting systems. I’ve used mail-in and absentee voting for almost every election in my adult life due to my military service along with running my business in another state. My father has used mail-in and absentee voting ever since he became blind and requires the assistance of me or one of my sisters to help him vote. Not only is my father a veteran like his father before him. My father is also Native like his father before him and my grandfather’s mother. Even the other side of my father’s family which immigrated from Europe are US military veterans. Many people in my mother’s family are also US military veterans even through they immigrated from Asia.
      After the Civil War, a few states had absentee/mail-in voting, but most didn’t. Most states didn’t have mail-in or absentee voting until 2018 when the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) was enacted. This act doesn’t require absentee voting for those like me who work in the US, in another state outside of their home state, nor does it apply to those in school in another state or on a business/vacation trip outside of their home state. The UOCAVA only applies to US citizens outside the US who are qualified to vote in their home state. Washington, Oregon, and Colorado only use mail-in voting for all their elections and were doing so for many years before the pandemic. During the pandemic, Utah and Hawaii permanently switched to conducting all their elections only by mail-in. Louisiana and a few other states had mail-in and absentee voting before many states existed. Based on my math, this makes Louisiana and the few other states the experts in mail-in voting and absentee voting in the US.
      If you knew anything about the US, you’d know that in addition to electing presidents, we also elect members of congress, governors, members of state legislature, mayors, city council members, county council member, sheriffs, attorneys, and judges. We also use elections to vote on laws. The Continental Congress of the British Colonies were converted to the US Congress, in 1789 with the ratification of the US Constitution. As the US grew, so did the US Congress. Since the size of the US Congress is based on the number of states in the US and the population of each state, the US Congress changes size each time a state is added or removed. The US Congress currently has 100 Senators and 435 Representatives. The US Congress is on a rotating cycle of election every 2 years, so we don’t have to recreate Congress each time we elect a President and Vice President. Many states have their own state legislatures with a similar voting cycle. When a law is formed by the US Congress or a State Legislature, it is sometimes voted on by the people directly instead of having the member of congress or state assembly vote on the law for the people they represent.
      What proof do you have of your “plandemic”? How did the planners of this so-called “plandemic” know exactly how the virus would work, how to protect themselves and all their relatives, partners, and investors from it. How did your “plandemic” coordinators know how the virus would mutate along with how to deal with the mutations too? Who are the doctors, medial laboratories, and medical suppliers who helped them and their entire family survive your “plandemic”with no infections and no deaths? How did the creators of your “plandemic” keep everyone in family, medial staff, and supply system from speaking about how they are all using special treatments and equipment to survive? How would you keep your relatives from going on social media or telling heir friends and other family members how they are surviving the pandemic without illness or infection? Who are these doctors who are electing to save their “plandemic” partners but not others like their immediate family and relatives and professional friends? Wouldn’t those doctors be tempted to come forth to share this information to save as many lives as possible, be recognized as a medical genius, and get all kinds of funding for their future endeavors? Wouldn’t the medical suppliers want to also save the lives of their families and their investors? Wouldn’t the medical suppliers want to sell the equipment to more people than just your “plandemic” cronies in order to make more money, get more investors, and make their business more viable? Wouldn’t someone eventually come forth to say they have some special equipment which guarantees survival? What good is it for a medical supplier to not sell as much of their product as possible?

  • @shaundiltz5821
    @shaundiltz5821 2 года назад +230

    They can't cheat as much is the issue. That's literally the elephant in the room. We all know it.

    • @painintheknee1209
      @painintheknee1209 2 года назад +2

      I would say 150,000 votes is too much cheating

    • @AndrewA0927
      @AndrewA0927 2 года назад +5

      This is what the issue is for the left. They wont be able to cheat to victory races they should lose

    • @dadehalcyon9856
      @dadehalcyon9856 2 года назад +2

      Every Republican should fly in every family member they have from around the word to vote red on election day. Beat them at their own stupid game.

    • @AndrewA0927
      @AndrewA0927 2 года назад +7

      @@dadehalcyon9856 nah Republicans wont do that they have morals unlike the left

    • @shaundiltz5821
      @shaundiltz5821 2 года назад +1

      @@AndrewA0927 Agreed, it's not worth it. Left can do whatever they want, burn businesses down, kill people, vandalize everything, literally hijack square blocks of a city and the news won't report it or say it's 'mostly peaceful.' Right does anything and they're terrorists, racists, bigots, and probably worship Hitler. I'd love to beat them at their own game but without owning the media and the tech oligarchs you have to play moral high ground.

  • @ojblackcat5286
    @ojblackcat5286 2 года назад +116

    I'm pretty sure you need a photo ID to get a job at Woke-A-Cola.

    • @boss-anova
      @boss-anova 2 года назад

      Pretty sure you need an ID to register to vote therefore requiring one at the polls is needless and just far right theater

    • @justinjones6810
      @justinjones6810 2 года назад +1

      @@boss-anova you do not need an ID to register to vote in some states you just show up and vote no ID needed so why would it matter if you have an ID if they don't check it

    • @boss-anova
      @boss-anova 2 года назад

      @@justinjones6810 youre lying. You need an ID to register to vote in every state.

    • @dbjkatz
      @dbjkatz 2 года назад +2

      @@boss-anova Not in California - where fake IDs are readily available. Most of the illegals have a Driver's license and Social Security cards.

    • @mikestein1024
      @mikestein1024 2 года назад

      Yea but nobody wants to work anyways lol 😂

  • @dionysius4353
    @dionysius4353 2 года назад +81

    “The votes don’t matter, it’s who counts the votes who matter” - Stalin. Remember when Biden quoted Stalin? Very American huh

    • @steelyspielbergo
      @steelyspielbergo 2 года назад

      I don't recall Biden quoting Stalin. source please, thanks

    • @dionysius4353
      @dionysius4353 2 года назад +2

      The channel keeps deleting my response to you, you only need to look it up

    • @sheeeitmayn4384
      @sheeeitmayn4384 2 года назад

      @@dionysius4353 if it's a RUclips video, you can't post those in comments but a RUclips video wouldn't be a very good source since any one can anything about anyone.

    • @sheeeitmayn4384
      @sheeeitmayn4384 2 года назад

      @@dionysius4353 and a quick search says thats bullshit lol, go figure.

    • @sheeeitmayn4384
      @sheeeitmayn4384 2 года назад

      @@dionysius4353 thats the problem with people now, they will use literally any piece of information regardless of ifnits true or not to try and soil the opposite political spectrums name, but I bet you wouldn't dare do any sort of critical thinking about your preferred candidate lol like a good ol' American. Don't assumeni support Biden he's a bumbling idiot but I hate when people pull shitnout of their ass to try and smear people

  • @mtweiss01
    @mtweiss01 2 года назад +287

    So, if a cop asks for my driver’s license after getting pulled over for speeding, he’s racist too? Ok then?

    • @CptInsano835
      @CptInsano835 2 года назад +37

      Of course he is racist and you speeding makes you racist and my comment to you makes me racist. Get it now?

    • @Markworth
      @Markworth 2 года назад +19

      Dawg! He's double wayysist because he's a cop, too!

    • @chuckheart41
      @chuckheart41 2 года назад +2

      Free voter ID would you support that as long as it's just a straight up voter ID law and not a lot of bull! The problem now is the laws, that are being pushed now, have rules that attempt to limit voter participation! It's being done intentionally and that's just wrong!

    • @chuckheart41
      @chuckheart41 2 года назад +2

      @@CptInsano835 Why not free voter ID it's an idea whose time has come!

    • @chuckheart41
      @chuckheart41 2 года назад +1

      @@Markworth What about, because voting is important, free voter ID!

  • @suebalingit4526
    @suebalingit4526 2 года назад +41

    Voting is the most important thing that we uphold as a citizen of the USA why is it that buying a cigarette or alcohol ID is required? When someone asked for Financial assistance from the government they have ID to show but yet when it's time to vote they don't have ID???

    • @beavisjones1831
      @beavisjones1831 2 года назад +2

      Because dems know they can only win by cheating is that not obvious?

  • @darylgonzalez646
    @darylgonzalez646 2 года назад +6

    Nowadays, everything is racist. The word "racism:" has become the de facto explanation for anything anywhere anytime.

  • @jessicaiannino4571
    @jessicaiannino4571 2 года назад +1

    I went to the doctor last week and they asked me for my license and insurance card...I asked them what would happen if I didn't have my license. Since I was a first-time patient, the receptionist said I wouldn't be seen because they can't verify my identity....Ya freaking think????!!!!!!

  • @ifloridawarriorcatfan9918
    @ifloridawarriorcatfan9918 2 года назад +240

    The sun is racist the ocean is racist the air is racist.

    • @YungSteambuns
      @YungSteambuns 2 года назад +10

      @leo estrada AND SO ARE YOU ,

    • @brandonlynch3722
      @brandonlynch3722 2 года назад +12

      Yeah everything is racist these days.

    • @YungSteambuns
      @YungSteambuns 2 года назад +2

      @leo estrada yeah I was hoping for a chain

    • @StrangerThanFiction11
      @StrangerThanFiction11 2 года назад +8

      know that Jesus Christ died for sinners including you, on the cross with his own blood for your personal sins, repent and get saved or perish with the lost wicked world. God's word is coming to pass, it will only go downhill...

    • @drinklotsofwater0006
      @drinklotsofwater0006 2 года назад +4

      @leo estrada u r really a racist!

  • @explosive_shart9405
    @explosive_shart9405 2 года назад +101

    I can't wait to watch AOC argue against Mike Lee on this.

    • @jimwerther
      @jimwerther 2 года назад +9

      She wouldn't dare

    • @pbaker7160
      @pbaker7160 2 года назад +16

      AOC's reply to Mike Lee - "Like, what you just said, is like, racist and typical of a white supremest. I mean, like, the rich need to pay their fair share and stuff."

    • @Divine1Right
      @Divine1Right 2 года назад +7

      AOC argue with an opponent? lol that doesn't happen. She might Tweet snark at them though

    • @4Kandlez
      @4Kandlez 2 года назад +1

      I'd pay to watch that

    • @aaa7189
      @aaa7189 2 года назад +2

      Aoc doesn't reply to cat calls

  • @JustSomeGoy
    @JustSomeGoy 2 года назад +6

    So Drivers Licenses are racist for being needed to drive?
    Is Insurance racist too?

    • @dbjkatz
      @dbjkatz 2 года назад +1

      If Leftists cry long and loud enough, everything under the sun is racist.

    • @johnlucas2838
      @johnlucas2838 2 года назад

      @@dbjkatz Leftist crying about anything can be a form of racism.

  • @JerryDLTN
    @JerryDLTN 2 года назад +2

    Doesn't someone ( a taxpaying citizen) have to show ID to enter a gov't building?

  • @bmoseley320
    @bmoseley320 2 года назад +90

    So when will the talking end and action begin to stop the tyranny of mail in ballots?

    • @jeric7740
      @jeric7740 2 года назад +1

      When the demorats stop voting them down in Congress.

    • @anthonythomas1504
      @anthonythomas1504 2 года назад

      Say something original Moseley.

    • @TheRealUncleScar
      @TheRealUncleScar 2 года назад +1

      Hate to break it to you but Mr Lee is a Utah senator, utah has been doing mail in for every election local and federal for years.

  • @jmr1703
    @jmr1703 2 года назад +44

    FYI, you must present a photo ID to get tested for COVID and get vaccinated. AND, they ask you for your race...

    • @danielstevens8010
      @danielstevens8010 2 года назад +3

      I always reply human on race questions.. Do it. You won't be lying.

    • @karlawilson9772
      @karlawilson9772 2 года назад

      @@danielstevens8010 I just reply American

    • @michaelsorensen7567
      @michaelsorensen7567 2 года назад

      I didn't have to show ID to get covid test at my doc office

    • @markyg236
      @markyg236 2 года назад

      @@michaelsorensen7567 Bet they have a copy of your drivers license on file and that it shows up on screen when they check you in.

    • @michaelsorensen7567
      @michaelsorensen7567 2 года назад

      @@markyg236 maybe. Don't remember giving that to them but may have, it's been a year or so.
      Just throwing it out that my experience was I didn't have to present at the test anyway. It may also vary by location, or if you're at a testing site vs your doctor. 🤷‍♂️

  • @jamesgoforth6024
    @jamesgoforth6024 2 года назад +2

    I’m just plain fed up with hearing the word racist. It’s the go to word when some people don’t get their way or lose an argument.
    It’s to the point that it literally means nothing to me.

    • @msr1116
      @msr1116 2 года назад +1

      Ikr.....similar to the petty, immature potshots exchanged during heated sibling disagreements. Also reminiscent of my ex inlaws who'd make up any sort of shit, no matter how ludicrous, just to avoid the humiliation of appearing stupid. Well, it didn't work. The rest of us enjoyed laughing at their overemotional, insanely illogical attempts to win at any cost.

  • @John3_16_
    @John3_16_ 2 года назад +3

    Let’s go Brandon! Awesome points.

  • @someguy5035
    @someguy5035 2 года назад +44

    Don't even address it. Just make a statement of fact and move on.
    "The notion that requiring an ID is racist is beyond ridiculous and I refuse to dignify or recognize it as a rational thought."
    And just continue on.

  • @FirstNameLastName-sc2lm
    @FirstNameLastName-sc2lm 2 года назад +19

    I can’t tell you how traumatized I was to find out my grandmother voted in the last election. Her funeral was over a decade ago. Where has she been all this time!?

    • @mikestein1024
      @mikestein1024 2 года назад +1

      Out voting straight ticket blue !!!

    • @kongmengyang1098
      @kongmengyang1098 2 года назад

      She's been partying with Elvis, Tupac and Biggie Smalls having a wonderful time...
      Jk my condolences for your loss.

    • @alexandriafitts9262
      @alexandriafitts9262 2 года назад

      What?? Omg

  • @Jesusprayerwarriorbw
    @Jesusprayerwarriorbw 2 года назад

    This is my argument! Good on you Mr. Lee!

  • @johnellis4330
    @johnellis4330 2 года назад +1

    I’m glad to hear someone is rational. I’ve lost all confidence in those childish, bigoted morons that DARE hold public office in this country. Without a voice of reason, I’d feel completely unrepresented and even more infuriated.

  • @kevintheundeadlord767
    @kevintheundeadlord767 2 года назад +24

    So happy to finally here a politician ask it! 🎇🎆🧨🎉🎊

    • @PeachesCourage
      @PeachesCourage 2 года назад

      MASS PSYCHOSIS HOW AN ENTIRE POPULATION BECOMES MENTALLY ILL RUclips

  • @thomasrogers1509
    @thomasrogers1509 2 года назад +155

    Whipe the rolls clean and start over.

    • @kevintheundeadlord767
      @kevintheundeadlord767 2 года назад +2

      💯

    • @jmatter7765
      @jmatter7765 2 года назад +2

      I think we should have to register to vote EVERY TIME a vote is to be held.

    • @booshmcfadden7638
      @booshmcfadden7638 2 года назад +1

      That's what Detroit and Philly did. Can't investigate what doesn't exist anymore.

    • @VC-fe4pl
      @VC-fe4pl 2 года назад +1

      Excellent idea!

    • @max420thc
      @max420thc 2 года назад

      It’s illegal for it not to exist. That itself is a admission of guilt

  • @mikebell9166
    @mikebell9166 2 года назад +1

    Hmmm...Last time I was in Albertsons, it'd been a while since my last visit, and I was asked for my ID to verify a check. Turns out, They have a rolling 6 month rule for requiring ID

  • @rebeccablogs9567
    @rebeccablogs9567 2 года назад +5

    All American citizens should be aloud to vote."Citizens". To me regardless of Democrats or Republicans American privelages belong to USA citizens.

    • @stevelopez372
      @stevelopez372 2 года назад +1

      Yes, Citizens that are Alive, Lol.

  • @kathyschmidt5456
    @kathyschmidt5456 2 года назад +58

    Mike Lee is so smart …. He has a way of stating facts without being hateful but proving the point

    • @badlalo59
      @badlalo59 2 года назад +4

      He’s using common sense while the Left prefer twisting facts.

    • @debbylambert3319
      @debbylambert3319 2 года назад

      Mike Lee is calm cool and collected with facts and leading questions.

    • @dbjkatz
      @dbjkatz 2 года назад

      He understands that facts don't care about anyone's feelings. Dems/Leftists are too emotionally damaged to understand that.

    • @mikestein1024
      @mikestein1024 2 года назад

      Yes but it’s like trying to explain nuclear physics to a preschool student I don’t think the person he was debating could put 2 and 2 together

  • @melanatedmetaphysicalllc1546
    @melanatedmetaphysicalllc1546 2 года назад +30

    lol he is hilarious they asked for my ID back in 2005 to pick up a prescription so whats new

  • @lescap1209
    @lescap1209 2 года назад +4

    That's a good one. By their standards, every time I get carded at a bar I'm gonna cry racist 😆

  • @takenserious4554
    @takenserious4554 2 года назад +4

    I would like the banks to stop requiring ID. Now let's all just run down and make a few withdrawals from accounts that are most definitely ours.

  • @triggerfish6619
    @triggerfish6619 2 года назад +40

    Damn it Lee! STOP making sense!! That must be racist.....lol!

  • @sislertx
    @sislertx 2 года назад +29

    PRODUCE ONE.AMERICAN.WITH OUT AN ID..JUST ONE

    • @lynn6799
      @lynn6799 2 года назад +3

      I can name one but it's because she is irresponsible ( huge understatement) and full of ridiculous excuses. And she isn't a member of the pity party club.

    • @dbjkatz
      @dbjkatz 2 года назад

      Many people under age 18 have no photo ID. Unless a birth certificate counts (often)

    • @lynn6799
      @lynn6799 2 года назад

      @@dbjkatz school ID

    • @mikestein1024
      @mikestein1024 2 года назад

      @@dbjkatz nah they have school ids , birth certificates , library cards , medical records etc yea they don’t have a drivers license but they have I’d in their moms lock boxes

  • @leojanuszewski1019
    @leojanuszewski1019 2 года назад +11

    Yes. Everything---and I mean EVERYthing---is "racist."

  • @prodigyinvestor1079
    @prodigyinvestor1079 2 года назад

    Mr Spakovsky and Mr. Lee you are True Americans Thank you for your continued service

  • @jdwilmoth5968
    @jdwilmoth5968 2 года назад +44

    They don't have a problem showing id at the welfare office

  • @bscook873
    @bscook873 2 года назад +16

    I must have ran into a racist cop he asked for my ID 😁

    • @danielstevens8010
      @danielstevens8010 2 года назад

      I ran into a racist waitress (yes I said it female servers are waitresses you morons) who asked me for ID

    • @csanderson5163
      @csanderson5163 2 года назад

      And he’s a cop which makes him a double racist

    • @mikestein1024
      @mikestein1024 2 года назад

      God damm clerk at speedway must be the biggest bigot but for some reason nobody every fights with him about it lol 😂

  • @christophersmith4466
    @christophersmith4466 2 года назад

    Spot on!!

  • @ShadyS-2012
    @ShadyS-2012 2 года назад

    I can't believe this even needs to be discussed! What the hell is wrong with people???

  • @jasperstone9114
    @jasperstone9114 2 года назад +8

    When POCs called rice racist the word lost all meaning.

  • @jakecrib9971
    @jakecrib9971 2 года назад +19

    Thank you, Mr Lee ! Basic logic, except for a Dem-Wit !

  • @jamespfitz
    @jamespfitz 2 года назад +2

    This poor guy seems to think that rationality will have some effect on these people. You don't reason with a child in the middle of a tantrum.

  • @cocobean5282
    @cocobean5282 2 года назад

    Simply said!!❤️

  • @Marcus_-sy9fi
    @Marcus_-sy9fi 2 года назад +6

    Why need an ID at all?

  • @StrangerThanFiction11
    @StrangerThanFiction11 2 года назад +42

    Jesus Christ died for sinners including you, on the cross with his own blood for your personal sins, repent and get saved or perish with the lost wicked world. God's word is coming to pass, it will only go downhill..

    • @realamerican1825
      @realamerican1825 2 года назад +1

      So God had his only begotten son die on a cross like a piece of meat for your sins? BS. You're in a cult. The creator of the universe would not murder his son for us. That's total rubbish.

    • @davidroberts4413
      @davidroberts4413 2 года назад +1

      @@realamerican1825 please stay pathetic and cowardly

    • @davidroberts4413
      @davidroberts4413 2 года назад +4

      @@realamerican1825 please stay tied to the party of late term abortion and the kkk.

    • @rossc2439
      @rossc2439 2 года назад

      I THOUGHT GOD IS SUPPOSED TO RETURN. IF SO. WHATS TAKING HIM SO DAMN LONG. DON'T YOU THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME.

    • @davidroberts4413
      @davidroberts4413 2 года назад

      @@rossc2439 isn't it written,don't predict it an definitely don't dwell

  • @myflesh10
    @myflesh10 2 года назад

    Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @thomasnichols9839
    @thomasnichols9839 2 года назад +1

    How about the DMV? I can’t seem to ever get them to help me when I stroll up to the window and get service without giving them my state ID card or drivers license.
    I can’t even get on a military base without showing my military issued ID card.
    🤔

  • @emilioconde8782
    @emilioconde8782 2 года назад +7

    The lady in the back is cracking up

    • @PeachesCourage
      @PeachesCourage 2 года назад

      MASS PSYCHOSIS HOW AN ENTIRE POPULATION BECOMES MENTALLY ILL RUclips

  • @deborahmetoyer8664
    @deborahmetoyer8664 2 года назад +3

    Voter ID is a MUST!

  • @warsane1
    @warsane1 2 года назад +1

    Why are we even having this conversation?

  • @gansosmansos
    @gansosmansos 2 года назад

    Mike Lee for the SLAM!!!!

  • @Del-Canada
    @Del-Canada 2 года назад +3

    Holy flippin' hammerhawks. It isn't hard. Here in Canada you can use your driver's license with your current address on it or if you don't drive you can use government ID also with your address on it. Why is this such an issue? Why do these US politicians think this would be so complicated to implement?

    • @danielstevens8010
      @danielstevens8010 2 года назад

      It already is hardly anyone in the US is without an ID. Even the welfare moms have ID or they couldn't get there government handouts.

    • @kristinew7913
      @kristinew7913 2 года назад

      They can’t win an election legitimately so they are frantically trying to manipulate the system so they can steal them forever.

    • @msr1116
      @msr1116 2 года назад

      There isn't an issue at all, it's just that some people who are bored senseless actively hunt for or create things to gripe about. Like that one troublemaking neighbor we've all encountered at some point that everyone else detests.

  • @candyflair7946
    @candyflair7946 2 года назад +3

    He had me laughing the first min. Great video.

  • @emmar-h2025
    @emmar-h2025 2 года назад

    The lady smirking behind him had me giggling the whole speech😂

  • @m.r.-fadamadrinha2547
    @m.r.-fadamadrinha2547 2 года назад

    Bravo!

  • @theghostofmaximumvolume3414
    @theghostofmaximumvolume3414 2 года назад +21

    "Everything is racist."
    - Anita Sarkeesian

    • @theghostofmaximumvolume3414
      @theghostofmaximumvolume3414 2 года назад +1

      @leo estrada ,
      Your last comment you posted was this according to your RUclips channel:
      "You are racist Lee."
      How do you not see that you are a racist???

    • @chrisgrimes1218
      @chrisgrimes1218 2 года назад +1

      @leo estrada how do you get around with that giant chip on your shoulder

    • @Ciotti675
      @Ciotti675 2 года назад +4

      @leo estrada I see you commenting all over this video. Calling everyone a racist. Your the only racist I see here.

    • @theghostofmaximumvolume3414
      @theghostofmaximumvolume3414 2 года назад +1

      @leo estrada ,
      I forget, I despise the Catholic Church...
      There is my religious racism.
      So, I can maybe understand your anger, shame, or guilt.

    • @theghostofmaximumvolume3414
      @theghostofmaximumvolume3414 2 года назад +1

      @leo estrada ,
      I am white.
      Do you hate me?

  • @dmitrishvetsov2980
    @dmitrishvetsov2980 2 года назад +15

    Do you guys show your ID's when you go in senate or parliament? Just curious...

    • @GM6.7
      @GM6.7 2 года назад

      They have that don't you know who I am cards and that means they don't require what the plebs need to provide.

  • @bigtime8924
    @bigtime8924 2 года назад

    This is a real “meeting of the minds”

  • @danielkim672
    @danielkim672 2 года назад +1

    Even HIGH SCHOOLS around where I live, give photo IDs to all students.

    • @msr1116
      @msr1116 2 года назад +1

      My brother had a photo ID at his Catholic high school in 1967.

  • @suzannewallin509
    @suzannewallin509 2 года назад +10

    Wow, there is actually some intelligent life remaining in Washington!

    • @PeachesCourage
      @PeachesCourage 2 года назад

      MASS PSYCHOSIS HOW AN ENTIRE POPULATION BECOMES MENTALLY ILL RUclips

  • @meathead2676
    @meathead2676 2 года назад +31

    If Democrats don't want to use ID when they vote maybe the Republicans shouldn't use ID when they vote.. When in Rome do as the Romans do🤣

    • @dodieodie498
      @dodieodie498 2 года назад +2

      That would be interesting, wouldn't it? Some people would vote fifty times. Dogs would be voting. Somebody on TikTok would issue a challenge to see who could vote the most. Lol

    • @seanj6310
      @seanj6310 2 года назад +3

      I see what you're saying, but you can't beat the ultimate cheaters. Democrats have been cheating since the reconstruction.

    • @chuckheart41
      @chuckheart41 2 года назад

      @duenia b How about free voter ID an ideal who's time has come! And not the crappie laws that are popping up right now! State by state!

  • @debbiew.7716
    @debbiew.7716 2 года назад

    Thank you Senator Lee!

  • @violenceislife1987
    @violenceislife1987 2 года назад

    This is gold

  • @nicknick8294
    @nicknick8294 2 года назад +4

    The weather is

  • @darwinmoen9248
    @darwinmoen9248 2 года назад +3

    Has senator whitehouse ever “circled back” on his good ole white guy beach club? It’s been about 6 months since he said the club was checking?

  • @caseyc9658
    @caseyc9658 2 года назад

    Mike Lee, a senator worthy of our support.

  • @frankroper3274
    @frankroper3274 2 года назад +1

    The military requires you to carry your military issued photo ID at all times. You will be required to show it for services on a military installation.

  • @explorations40
    @explorations40 2 года назад +3

    Omg what now a flower is racist or what’s next there going to say a bee is racist our society is yet again obsessed with race we are people one of these days we have to stop saying race or racist in every dang sentence.

    • @dodieodie498
      @dodieodie498 2 года назад

      We all know Black Eyed Susans, sun (people) flowers, and honey (chile) bees are racist!

  • @carolhewett3756
    @carolhewett3756 2 года назад +1

    I had to use a photo ID in college way back in the 1970s!!

  • @bobstine1874
    @bobstine1874 2 года назад

    Thank you Sen. Lee

  • @1900intz
    @1900intz 2 года назад

    Thank you Senator Lee.

  • @schemp001
    @schemp001 2 года назад +1

    Great point! You need ID to do anything else in life!

  • @ajello49able
    @ajello49able 2 года назад

    Had to pause this video because the lady in the background is literally sending the FU vibe to someone else! I love it! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @aviakidos-lobitos2398
    @aviakidos-lobitos2398 2 года назад

    The question is who first started saying it's racist... Identity politics

  • @Ljsueueheuduud7wuusu
    @Ljsueueheuduud7wuusu 2 года назад

    👏

  • @TheSuperHarrygeorge
    @TheSuperHarrygeorge Год назад

    This time round we need to produce photo identification at a polling station.

  • @danielscarbrough4363
    @danielscarbrough4363 2 года назад

    I'm diggin' his common sense comical approach, effortlessly beating back the ludicrous and egregious claims of the "oh so serious" yet ever elusive RACISM around every corner! LOL....he's cracking me up, love this Mike Lee fellow!

  • @charlesrexford2598
    @charlesrexford2598 2 года назад

    Well said Mr Mike Lee.

  • @metroidhunter965
    @metroidhunter965 2 года назад +1

    I’ve had idiots say that we ought to use vaccination cards as voter id.
    Minorities have the lowest rates of vaccination. So if anything, that is exceptionally racist in the same ideals

  • @joeschmoe4205
    @joeschmoe4205 2 года назад

    I'm glad we resolved this issue. Now let's move on.

  • @huhhuhhuh5029
    @huhhuhhuh5029 Год назад

    Put it on

  • @jennyjenkins8672
    @jennyjenkins8672 2 года назад

    Nobody can argue with this reasoning. He is spot on.

  • @davebuliziuk4065
    @davebuliziuk4065 2 года назад +1

    The question seems simple, if they are asking everyone for identification how are they discriminating against a particular race?

    • @dbjkatz
      @dbjkatz 2 года назад +1

      Because racism is an invisible, all pervasive force that simpletons / lunatics / Dems can invoke whenever they don't get their way. Racism - the new religion of the Left. Now that Communism has utterly failed.