🧵 There are a lot of misleading claims out there about the SAVE Act. Let me set the record straight: I voted for the SAVE Act for the simple reason that American elections are for Americans. Requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is common sense.
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WHY are you claiming to be a dem?
We'll even pick you up and give you a ride. That's why you've been practically invisible since 1/20/25, right? Car problems?
RECALL
You literally voted for voter suppression ahead of a 2026 election to save our Constitution while people are literally dying, illegally detained, illegally unemployed.
Keep raising your voice, this POS turn coat should be tarred and feathered for this betrayal
can't govern.
They make a
hash of it
every time.
Dude, if nothing else, even if for some reason you can't hear over 9000 people telling you how this bill Is Very Bad For Democracy And Also YOUR JOB, maybe read the room? Dem unity good yeh?
This is SO MUCH WORSE than the CR bill, you dolt. You ninnyhammer. You obdurate fuckstain, you utter, prating gobshite.
LITERALLY NO ONE wants "bipartisan" ANYTHING now, get it?
You have ONE job, sunny Jim.
ONE.
Want to guess what it is?
If you can't, go ask Hakeem Jeffries.
fuck me!
Out of 100 million votes over 30 years there were 39 that were illegal.
https://bsky.app/profile/bongodave.bsky.social/post/3lbsvkekw4s2o
"Well, in the Navy, we were taught not to piss on our hands."
*ducks and runs*
Democrats, People of color or any other undesirable, spell chrysanthemum.
All others spell mother.
WTF? I am a citizen, have been for 65 years, and now I have to jump through hoops to exercise my rights?
GFY!
With the GOP’s rule that license has to match birth certificate,married women will have a harder time registering to vote. More docs & headaches esp from 47
Is that incorrect?
Do people have IDs or not?
For those that are unable to travel easily, getting to a license branch can often be more difficult than getting to a polling location to vote.
A lack of ID doesn’t mean you’re not a citizen.
A while ago, they said the REAL ID was going to be a requirement. It is a new version that requires birth cert, SS#, proof of address and proof of EVERY name change you had. Passports have the same requirements.
Some people can't get one. Legal issues (felons, sex offenders, warrants); mental issues; owing back taxes/child support/gov't loan....some issues that can block it
Yes, millions of people do not have an ID, or a bank account. In this linked conversation I have gotten explanations of how that's possible.
So you have IDs. And then comes the question: Why can't you use those IDs to vote with? And why do you pay for numerous IDs, one should be enough. An ID is an ID.
You can live your whole life without having the ID needed to vote under this law.
Each state is responsible for their own IDs & rules. Federations kinda suck!
But likely not as many have passports because the cost is prohibitive, as is the cost to travel abroad.
If I understand this act correctly, the docs must match the name on your birth certificate or you can’t register to vote.
#disenfranchised
The fact is that actually, millions of people do NOT have photo IDs, nor bank accounts. It has finally been (after much ado) explained to me how this is possible.
And if your ID gets stolen you will have a police report about that, which you can use to vote with,
It’s voter suppression. Boo.
Vote them all out.
Having to pay for a passport is just like saying haha if you're poor you're imprisoned here.
Because they have all the data they need.. so they can just do that...
You shouldn't need a passport; you should have a government ID card + electronic government ID
this fucking country, I swear.
MAINE RESIDENTS PLEASE PRIMARY THIS ASSHOLE, I will donate $$$ to whichever one of you runs for his seat ❤️
I find it sad that Golden (whose service I honor) now believes he possesses insight and wisdom that he doesn't.
They think voting to take away our rights to vote will make them more powerful and rich.
Not everyone with a D by their name is a good person.
and Tricia Cotham.
You really shouldn't assume to know the thoughts of strangers, BTW.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/03/voter-photo-id-plan-attacked-as-uk-data-shows-no-cases-of-impersonation
In USA a form of ID is already needed to vote. As an Italian for me the fact UK votes without ID is nuts. Even nutter is that not everyone has an ID. In Italy is compulsory to have one with you at all time.
I think he’s wrong but that doesn’t make him a traitor
#fascism
Harris cheated out of 3,650,000 votes by these Jim Crow tricks
4.7 million voters purged.
3.2 million registrations rejected.
2.1 million mail-in ballots tossed.
https://tinyurl.com/28futdwr
Not using the brain God gave you, should also be disqualifying for sitting in a seat of power, so, vote him out.
There was virtually no voter ID anyway...I think that we should go the Aussie way and make it mandatory to vote...
These are mostly people who were not eligible to vote who signed up for the rolls but didn't actually vote.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hollycorbett/2025/04/09/how-the-save-act-could-impact-married-women-and-other-voters/
They have no conscience, no empathy. No feeling for anyone who isn’t them.
Disgusting. Maine - remember this! Find a real Democrat to run against him.
Poll tax
Illegal
It's a tax on anyone who's changed their name so they can vote therefore it's a poll tax. For you to dismiss it like this tells me you're probably not poor, old or rural.
Fuck this guy
And they've gerrymandered the congressional district maps into pretzels time and time again to ensure their own power forever.
#guillotines #SaveAmerica
And gerrymandering is left to the states.
You want Congress itself to be the enemy - then you oppose the Constitution itself.
"Make America Grape Again!"
No.
Congratulations, you just disenfranchised voters. For a problem (voter fraud) that doesn’t exist.
I suspect though, that is not his intention.
This is nazi censorship, pure and simple.
Sexist
Additional
Voting
Expense
Disenfranchising people you don't agree with isn't the power play you think it is.
https://bsky.app/profile/coloradocitizen.bsky.social/post/3lmibkhqlo22w
No political investigations are prosecuted for witness tampering, perjury, or no-showing a subpoena
Why hasn't ANY Congressional committee subpeonaed POTUS?
I will never believe they didn't add the reporter on purpose knowing it was all to get us to grab the low hanging media cycle fruit while they were crashing our economy and the global economy and kidnapping innocent people
Bad look to support these assholes, Rep Golden.
1. To deter claiming the same when they do it reversed, as planned later
2. Distract masses from other crimes in progress
3. To incite half The People
4. To gaslight the other half of the People
5. To force proving crimes outside of criminal ct where it doesn't matter
Meanwhile, gun violence kills 40k+ Americans every year, but we can't do anything that might reduce that number a little because that's just "the price of freedom" and "mass shooters don't care about laws."
https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/ensure-every-american-can-vote/vote-suppression/myth-voter-fraud
"Extensive research reveals that fraud is very rare.The Myth of Voter Fraud"
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-widespread-is-election-fraud-in-the-united-states-not-very/
"How widespread is election fraud in the US? Not very"
This simply COULD NOT happen unless both sides, at least some/most reps, were in on it and face far worse than no reelection, which they'd be happy to get out, but are forced to stay to play their role, recite their scripts of opposition & dismay
Stay or Go? Neither!
My biggest outcry has been to bring in the ring leader, under oath, on record, to testify, in a real court of criminal law
They refuse? Even when out of office for 4 yrs
He is gaslighting us with this 💩
Flush 🚽 this Dino away
why is this so hard for Democrats to convince America of the absurdity and REAL INTENTION behind this?
After reading this twaddle, from THIS guy. I needed that.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/politics/tulsi-gabbard-texas-hawaii-voting-residency-invs/index.html
This is voter suppression. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8LoS4BEEtwE
The Southern US would like to have a word outside, Jared Golden.
You actually just prompted me to go start my passport application.
Thank you!
It may not seem like much, but $130-$160 if the difference of making rent or missing meals to some fams/women & they'd be essentially charging her that to vote. For some it will simply not be worth it and for lots of folk will be a direct barrier.
Voting is not the extent of our political or civic speech, and we need to stop pretending like it is.
I got a passport, but was too late.
It’ll come in handy NOW.
Personally, I was intending to get a passport, but for those doing so just to have the ability to cast their vote, too many will have to go without. It’s wrong on all fronts.
Call your reps! This site is super cool. Helps with script on all the issues if needed. https://5calls.org/
I know a lot of people who spend way more on concert/movie tickets, shoes, tattoos, experiences, and Starbucks. It all depends on what's important.
And the majority of voters are woefully misinformed about the fact that non-citizen voting is a vanishingly rare occurrence.
This law will functionally disenfranchise millions of citizens to prevent a non-problem.
Plus even though the deadline for using anything other than RealID for air travel is nearly upon us after two decades of warning, large swathes of the population don't have a RealID.
Anyone who changed their name getting married would now have to go through the whole process and cost of getting a US passport, via the Trump admin State Department (or Real ID, similar process).
There, fixed it for you, and I don't even need a thread.
I am controlled opposition.
👇Sentenced to 5 years for voting while on probation AFTER serving time in prison for financial crimes. (Similarities) Served 10 months for voting then spent 6 years in the appeals process. Sentence thrown out for bad evidence
https://apnews.com/domestic-news-domestic-news-general-news-0e4a547a494e4fe293d8cc750ae4cee0
Thank you for the bitter laugh.
For example: This is Pearl, mildly upset with me because I was taking a photo rather than giving her attention.
It's a stated goal in Project 2025 to disenfranchise women. The SAVE Act went a long way towards achieving that goal. Congratulations.
He's a traitor to his oath as a Marine.
When have Republicans like this idiot ever given a fuck about the troops? There's a reason they're cutting the VA so hard yet again...
Trump would call this a landslide...
https://bsky.app/profile/coloradocitizen.bsky.social/post/3lmibkhqlo22w
MAY YOUR CAREER BURN LIKE THE WOMEN YOU ARE PUTTING AT THE STAKE- fäcîst traitor dog
It INTENDS to target women, non-binary, and poor voters.
Republicans.
Harris cheated out of 3,650,000 votes by these Jim Crow tricks
4.7 million voters purged.
3.2 million registrations rejected.
2.1 million mail-in ballots tossed.
https://tinyurl.com/28futdwr
ONE!
They are down to single digits IIRC, because they're feckless and delusional of their own immoral stances.
We need to pack them out. Turncoats.
It's just the AIPAC crew.
Golden was...12 or 13 when the "Blue Dog Democratic Caucus" existed in the late 1900s.
You are supporting voter suppression, and doing nothing else.
Also this soulless fucker:
You will not be able to claim you were not a facist because what you wrote above is proof. We will find you when this is done and imprison you. In El Salvador.
This fuckhead DOES NOT represent Maine.
And if you look at voter registration data, married women favour Republicans by 5 points: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/partisanship-by-gender-sexual-orientation-marital-and-parental-status/
46% of women voting for the rapey misogynist who only tries to appeal to men, is to me, far more perplexing than 55% of men doing so.
He prefers to straddle the fence rather than to stand up for what is right.
Milquetoast.
https://cawp.rutgers.edu/blog/gender-differences-2024-presidential-vote
I love it.
*Stupid And Very Evil act that disenfranchises women whose married names don't match their birth certificates.
I’ll take a FREE Passport instead of one that costs $150.
My college boyfriend and I used to argue about it.
We almost got married.
Children who are male get Mothers' surnames. Female children get their fathers ' surnames. This criss cross prevents surnames from eventually exclusively becoming male or female.
Make JD the SAVEact poster child
These R’s are pathetic
Fuck that shit. It's all about control because they're too incompetent to do anything without coercion, cheating, or brute force. It's like the very worst of humanity packed into a handful of red douchecanoes
Pompous ass.
Not Every REAL ID, "States Citizenship".
If they don't, they'll have to be accompanied by Proof of U.S. Citizenship document.
Not Every Military ID works, either. Most of them also Do Not, "State Citizenship".
They'll have to be accompanied by, "Military Records Showing Citizenship".
https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3lmhveybtok2o
https://newrepublic.com/article/191420/christian-nationalism-save-act-voter-suppression
Fuck! Him!
She said she had read articles on it and was fine because she has a Real ID.
It's so sad she can't get past the "I have mine, fuck you" frame of mind.💔
She may be mistaken - Real ID will *not* currently satisfy SAVE act requirements unless issued in one of only 5 states
https://mostpolicyinitiative.org/science-note/citizenship-marking-on-drivers-licenses/#:~:text=MI%2C%20MN%2C%20NY%2C%20VT,star%20at%20the%20upper%20corner.
So sorry all around 💔 wishing you & your family peace
We have a pretty decent relationship because she refuses to talk politics for the most part. (And quite frankly she's so deep in the rabbit hole it's hard to keep trying to reach her)
It's nice, at least, to know I'm not crazy.
Glad you’ve found a way to maintain your relationship, & hope as time passes things improve. We’re all in this together! 🙏
I'm only seeing WOMEN EXPRESSING THEIR ANGER. 🤬
GFY - you are nothing but a turncoat republican
https://newrepublic.com/article/191420/christian-nationalism-save-act-voter-suppression
@bongodave.bsky.social wrote a detailed thread of voter suppression, racial gerrymandering, vote manipulation & Russian tails in 2024. Read it. Golden more than fits the criteria as a traitor.
https://bsky.app/profile/bongodave.bsky.social/post/3lbsvkekw4s2o
This is voter suppression. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8LoS4BEEtwE
This spineless Vichycrat fuck does NOT represent Maine.
It will hurt or block millions of eligible voters. It will not save elections.
I get that having a Democrat win there again is important, but Trump is pissing off many moderate Republicans. We could have a mid-term blue wave. Golden could surf that wave to a win, but he decided to wipe out instead.
Yes, Blue Dogs are a thing. Sometimes we have no choice in heavy red districts.
However, this isn't Twitter. He knew how this post would hit here.
He might as well have said the fucking 2020 was stolen
This is a lame BS excuse and holds no water
Either we are rational or we are drunk republicans - no more “good Germans”
We bring FACTS and help to make voting access for all us citizens
He’s about as much a Dem as Storm Thurmond was in 50s and 60s
Crazy that we have Democrats in Congress who are buying into it.
Pretending like you care and voting showing you don't.
Your reputation in your state is rendered null and void.
Everything is on the line, and you chose to play Saruman.
The cause you crippled, democracy, will charge you in full for your vacillation.
Quisling. Traitor. Benedict Arnold.
Out of 100 million votes over 30 years there were 39 that were illegal.
https://bsky.app/profile/bongodave.bsky.social/post/3lbsvkekw4s2o
Harris cheated out of 3,650,000 votes by these Jim Crow tricks. 4.7 million voters purged. 3.2 million registrations rejected. 2.1 million mail-in ballots tossed. https://tinyurl.com/28futdwr
...Oh, he sees it. He's trying to fucking gaslight us.
Like a GOP, no idea unless it impacts them.
I changed my name at marriage so it will affect me. I will jump through whatever bureaucratic hoops I need to in order to get the right documents. But a lot of people can't' afford to do this.
This is voter suppression.
It does however get your actual base to throw virtual produce at your head, so, that.
They can simply force us all to become Norks now.
Relieved to have a current passport, but so many don’t.
https://bsky.app/profile/us-gov-funding.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ylmdlijvrvgbe4md6v4dyce6
Out of 100 million votes over 30 years there were 39 that were illegal.
https://bsky.app/profile/bongodave.bsky.social/post/3lbsvkekw4s2o
Were Nevada ballots changed? Data expert details problems with vote data https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G8fu50VRXo&t=159s
Harris cheated out of 3,650,000 votes by these Jim Crow tricks
4.7 million voters purged.
3.2 million registrations rejected.
2.1 million mail-in ballots tossed.
https://tinyurl.com/28futdwr
This is a #WarOnWomen because they FEAR our strength
Talk about turkeys voting for Christmas..
They're already kicking women in authority out of the military.
Best get measured for a red cloak and white bonnet.😡🤬
We see our own elected officials violating voter laws.
-2,121,000 mail-in ballots were disqualified for minor clerical errors (postage).
-585,000 ballots cast in-precinct were also disqualified.
-1,216,000 “provisional” ballots were rejected, not counted.
-3.24 million new registrations were rejected.
Adding Musk switching votes.
Our domestic for profit prison system is also a crime against humanity.
You should be ashamed of yourself. Get primaried 🖕
I mean, what should we call people who vote for piece-of-shit, anti-American, Nazi-promulgated legislation? 𝙉𝘼𝙕𝙄 𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙄𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙎?
Yeah, that's definitely @golden.house.gov: completely devoid of patriotism and basic human morality.
Golden is a rusted brassy piece of iron pyrite (fools gold).
Anyone ADULTING should have their birth certificate.
The bottom line is that this act disproportionately impacts the already marginalized members of society.
I just think back on my life as an adult, and just cannot see how I could have adulted all these 35 years(17-51)..without my BC.
Personal note: when first getting a passport in my mid-30s, found out the "hospital certificate"
/1
Not my "birth certificate" according to US Dept of State!
Good thing I brought my "birth registration card"! Wait, not that either? Eventually got the right paper, but point is: BARRIERS.
The bigger focus on this horrible piece of legislation s/b, imo, on disenfrachising women....not having a BC is just a weak argument to me...but that's just my opinion.
We can agree to disagree on this one.
My BIGGEST, and maybe only, as I have not read the entire thing, short of bullet points, argument against the SAVE Act is in relation to women being disenfranchised.
BUT, the more I think about the steps required, the more overwhelming it seems. Do the research to find out how to accomplish this and I'm sure there are volunteers to help.
I'm absolutely donating to your next election opponent.
But thanks for proving you're too ignorant to discuss this.
They’ve both been captured by the oligarchs and big business with the “shit-lite” party being only slightly less awful.
All 4 need to hear from their constituents, not just get ratioed on social media.
And what he PRESUMES about it shows (me, anyway), that really he may be a Democrat...but he's a bigot, because he's only worried about "brown people" who are "illegal aliens" voting....
Do we think highly educated politicians don't understand these bills as well as us average folk?
They know what these bills are, and they're misrepresenting them with intent.
Frantz Fanon
Because misogyny, racism, and capitalism are all tied together in our oppression. And these laws seek to bring us back to that hierarchy.
What is it with Maine politicians? You and Collins are both worthless
However, there was (and still is) a pervasive narrative that Trump was all men's fault and that women had no part in electing him, and I think that's divisive and counterproductive.
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It's what we call a Dead Cat.
https://bsky.app/profile/cait05.bsky.social/post/3lmjxtg5qdk2r
See how this works? He pisses us off by betraying us and then prevents us from having any recourse.
That’s how this all works. It’s the whole point.
YOU BETRAYED US.
Also with GOP, there's NO chance of them reading or caring the slightest bit about my message. Jared *might*.
There are a few standouts of course, Jasmine Crockett and AOC
Good night let’s hope we can get some rest 💤💤
Good night! 🥱😴
Dems like this are worse because, at best, they’re lazy, but at worst, they’re fucking sneaky snakes.
This sucks ass too. WTF is wrong with you? They're lying nazi scumbags.
This makes you part of the problem.
You sound like a MAGAT.
https://bsky.app/profile/coloradocitizen.bsky.social/post/3lmibkhqlo22w
He doesnt care about YOU, he cares about HIMSELF and keeping that job.
Which he will do anything to do it.
Here it extends to Dems who help MAGA achieve their goals.
...and he sounds like a MAGAT.
It’s really bizarre at the least and malicious at most.
Having said that, his looks (which are OK) have nothing to do with his terrible voting record. There must be more liberals from Maine like Stephen King who could run for Congress. Between him & Susan Collins, the state isn't sending their best.
Stupid assholes like this are the reason we are losing the young voters.
There's no bottom with these types.
Just fascist lite if you ask me.
Harris cheated out of 3,650,000 votes by these Jim Crow tricks
4.7 million voters purged.
3.2 million registrations rejected.
2.1 million mail-in ballots tossed.
https://tinyurl.com/28futdwr