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Amidst relentless noise on the world stage, President Donald Trump on Monday revived a singular but crucial topic, calling on lawmakers to codify an essential cornerstone of election integrity: voter ID.
“Rigged Elections are common in the U.S., with the Presidential Election of 2020 being the Granddaddy of them all,” he wrote on Truth Social.
He added, “WE DEMAND VOTER I.D.”
This is hardly the first time that the president has pressed for voter ID.
During his 2024 presidential campaign, he often indicated his support for paper ballots, same-day voting, and voter ID.
“It was rigged, 100 percent rigged,” President Trump said in 2024, referring to the 2020 presidential election.
President Trump also again referred to the administration of Joe Biden over the weekend, calling the past administration “RIGGED.”
The topic of election integrity was a popular one among his base during the 2024 campaign, and many would like to see continued movement on the issue.
Last month, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk voiced his support for voter ID, calling it “essential.”
Congress has made some progress on the issue, but it has been slow. In 2025, the House passed the SAVE Act twice, which would have codified proof-of-citizenship requirements for voting in U.S. elections.
However, the legislation has remained held up in the U.S. Senate.
“The Democrats are violently against voter ID because it will make it very hard for them to cheat,” President Trump remarked in 2024.
In comments to Fox News over the weekend, Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (La.) announced that he and Speaker Johnson are working to pass yet another version of the SAVE Act, something he described as the “SAVE Act Plus.”
This version of the bill would include a photo ID requirement, he said.
“You can’t even get on an airplane, you can’t go to a bar tonight without showing a picture ID. Yet there are people in many states where the states actually have laws saying you can’t show ID [for voting],” Rep. Scalise noted.
