'Oblivious dope': Ex-Trump adviser smacked down for 'making things up' about voting laws
Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) are advancing legislation at an upcoming news conference at Mar-a-Lago that would prohibit non-citizens from voting in federal elections — a development trumpeted by former Trump campaign adviser Steve Cortes on X Thursday.
"It’s sad that we have to propose and fight for legislation to ban illegal aliens from voting," wrote Cortes, who has served as a commentator on right-wing media in the past. "But that’s what happens when Democrats allow millions to illegally cross into our country to try and rig our elections."
There's just one problem with this: it is not legal anywhere in the United States for non-citizens to vote, and there is no push by Democratic officials to make it legal. A handful of large cities with significant immigrant communities have experimented with allowing non-citizens to vote, but only in local elections, on special ballots that don't allow them to vote on any higher offices than that....