{"id":2291440,"date":"2024-07-09T19:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T23:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fires-warning-shot-regarding-2024-election-zuckerbucks-be-careful\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T19:16:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T23:16:26","slug":"trump-fires-warning-shot-regarding-2024-election-zuckerbucks-be-careful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fires-warning-shot-regarding-2024-election-zuckerbucks-be-careful\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Fires Warning Shot Regarding 2024 Election: &#8216;Zuckerbucks, Be Careful&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-fires-warning-shot-regarding-2024-election-zuckerbucks-be-careful%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2291440&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump is urging Republican lawmakers to pass the Safeguard American\u200d Voter \u2063Eligibility\u200d Act, which aims to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting. Trump expressed his concerns \u200cabout\u200c the\u2062 integrity of the voting system,\u200b claiming that \u200bDemocrats are pushing for non-citizens\u2062 to have the right to vote in order \u200bto win elections through cheating.\u2064 The legislation, introduced by \u2063Rep. Chip Roy and Sen. Mike Lee,\u2064 calls\u2064 for stricter requirements for \u2064proof of\u200b U.S. citizenship \u2064when registering to vote in federal elections.\u200b However, President Joe\u2064 Biden and House Democratic leadership oppose the bill, \u2064arguing\u200b that existing safeguards are already\u200c in place to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-election-bill-trades-security-for-speed-lawmaker-says\/\" title=\"Wisconsin election bill prioritizes speed over security, lawmaker claims\">verify voter eligibility<\/a>. Trump also referenced &#8220;Zuckerbucks,&#8221; which are funds\u200b donated by Facebook CEO\u200c Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan to\u2063 election officials, \u2064primarily \u2062during the 2020 election. Critics claim that this funding disproportionately benefited left-leaning counties to\u2063 influence the \u200coutcome\u2062 of the election. The debate surrounding the SAVE \u200cAct highlights ongoing tensions about election integrity and the role of \u200cprivate\u200c funding in elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/%20\"><span>Randy DeSoto<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 9, 2024 at 3:57pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which is legislation aimed at preventing non-U.S. citizens from voting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans must pass the Save Act, or go home and cry yourself to sleep. Non citizen Illegal Migrants are getting the right to vote, being pushed by crooked Democrat Politicians who are not being stopped by an equally dishonest Justice Department,\u201d Trump posted Tuesday on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur whole voting system is under siege,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe Dems can\u2019t win on their policies, the only way they can win is to CHEAT. They do it at every level of government, and they do it well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I can say is that if I\u2019m elected President, we will pursue Election Fraudsters at levels never seen before, and they will be sent to prison for long periods of time. We already know who you are. DON\u2019T DO IT! ZUCKERBUCKS, be careful!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Republicans must pass the Save Act, or go home and cry yourself to sleep. Non citizen Illegal Migrants are getting the right to vote, being pushed by crooked Democrat Politicians who are not being stopped by an equally dishonest Justice Department. Our whole voting system is\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1810668958015779212?\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/roy.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/SAVE%20ACT_Bill%20Text.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAVE Act<\/a> is intended to \u201cthwart Democrat efforts to cement one-party rule by upholding and strengthening current law that permits only U.S. citizens to vote in Federal elections,\u201d according to a May <a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-roy-leads-fight-save-american-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, who introduced the legislation, with 49 other co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sen-mike-lee-epic-proposal-enhance-trump-vs-biden-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Lee<\/a> of Utah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lee.senate.gov\/2024\/5\/lee-and-roy-partner-on-legislation-to-secure-federal-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced<\/a> sister legislation in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecure elections are a key cornerstone for any representative government; without them, we won\u2019t have a country. Radical progressive Democrats know this and are using open border policies while also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-out-democrats-new-form-of-cheating-as-house-republicans-attempt-to-fight-back\/\" title=\"Trump Accuses Democrats of New Cheating Method; House Republicans Respond\">attacking election integrity laws<\/a> to fundamentally remake America,\u201d Roy said at time.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/roy.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/FINAL_SAVE%20Act%20One-Pager%20(2).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changes<\/a> the bill calls for are requiring \u201cstates to obtain documentary proof of U.S. citizenship and identity \u2014 in person \u2014 when registering an individual to vote in a Federal election,\u201d according to a one-page<a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/roy.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/FINAL_SAVE%20Act%20One-Pager%20(2).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> summary<\/a> prepared by Roy\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation also, \u201cRequires states to establish a program to remove non-citizens from their existing voter rolls and gives states no-cost access to Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration databases to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further it, \u201cEmpowers citizens to bring civil suits against election officials that fail to uphold proof of citizenship requirements for Federal elections by expanding the [National Voter Registration Act\u2019s] existing private right of action, and adds penalties for election officials that register non-citizens to vote in Federal elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden and House Democratic leadership <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-dems-launch-united-effort-against-election-bill-requiring-voters-prove-citizenship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oppose<\/a> the law.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1810394458334310744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>, \u201cIt is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in Federal Elections \u2014 it is a federal crime punishable by prison and fines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u201cStates already have effective safeguards in place to verify voter\u2019s eligibility and maintain the accuracy of voter rolls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The administration argued that the bill would \u201cmake it much harder for eligible Americans to register to vote and increase the risk that eligible voters are purged from voter rolls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mtgs-efforts-remove-mike-johnson-fails-democrats-vote-save\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a> said at a news conference Tuesday, \u201cMany of the Democrats want all of these illegals to participate in our federal elections. They want them to vote. There\u2019s no other conclusion that you can draw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a serious problem, and we cannot allow a federal election to be jeopardized by people who can run into the local welfare office, sign up for taxpayer benefits and check a box that says, \u2018I\u2019m a citizen and I want to vote.\u2019 This is common sense legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Democrats have tried to mislead the American people about our efforts to prevent noncitizens from voting.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because they want illegals to vote in our elections.<\/p>\n<p>We must protect American elections by passing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chiproytx?\">@chiproytx<\/a>\u2018s SAVE Act. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aKiI6Ldi6Q\">pic.twitter.com\/aKiI6Ldi6Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1810698913319465405?\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/mikejohnson.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/save_act_white_paper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">document<\/a> put together by the speaker\u2019s office shows a screenshot from instructions on the Arizona Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/azsos.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-11\/lp_voter_reg_instructions_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> saying, \u201cA person is not required to submit proof of citizenship with the voter registration form, but failure to do so means the person will only be eligible to vote in federal elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s reference to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wisconsin-voters-can-end-zuckerbucks-good-ballot-initiatives-tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zuckerbucks<\/a>\u201d had to do with the more than <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/14\/zuckerberg-election-spending-was-orchestrated-to-influence-2020-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$400 million<\/a> Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan donated during the 2020 election, primarily through the nonprofit The Center for Tech and Civic Life in the form of administration grants to election officials around the country.<\/p>\n<p>A 2022 paper by The Foundation for Government Accountability <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/13YIQhNvD0IPuGZHvc7Np08a1xLHqqTbj1J5LWhz9dp4\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concluded<\/a> that \u201cZuckerbucks\u201d \u201cwere disproportionally siphoned to left-leaning counties to boost Democrat turnout and influence the outcome of 2020 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcceptance of private funding put pressure on grant recipients to allow CTCL-affiliated operatives to assist in election administration, including assisting with curing absentee ballots,\u201d the FGA said.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/06\/30\/wisconsin-gov-evers-vetoes-bill-limiting-grants-help-run-elections\/7818594002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a> reported that $10.6 million went to Wisconsin with the bulk of it, $8.8 million, going to the state\u2019s five largest cities, which happen to be Democratic strongholds: Milwaukee, Green Bay, Madison, Racine and Kenosha.<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay received a reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wisconsin-election-committee-makes-new-demands-after-alleged-voter-roll-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1.2 million grant<\/a> from CTCL, and Democratic operative Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein was named the \u201cgrant mentor\u201d for the city.<\/p>\n<p>Then-Green Bay city clerk Kris Teske went on leave two weeks before the general election out of frustration with how Spitzer-Rubenstein was usurping her authority, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/zuckerbucks-shouldnt-pay-for-elections-mark-zuckerberg-center-for-technology-and-civic-life-trump-biden-2020-11640912907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Wisconsin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wisconsin-voters-can-end-zuckerbucks-good-ballot-initiatives-tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voters approved<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-joins-states-banning-zuckbucks-but-will-that-be-enough-to-stop-dems-private-election-takeover\/\" title=\"Louisiana bans &#039;Zuckbucks&#039; to halt Dems&#039; private election control. Will it suffice?\">constitutional amendment banning private money<\/a> from being used in their election offices.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalresearch.org\/article\/states-banning-zuck-bucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capital Research Center<\/a>, 28 states in all have voted to ban Zuckerbucks since the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. The 2024 election is the single most important election of our lifetime. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We here at The Western Journal are committed to covering it in a way the establishment media simply will not: We will tell the truth, and they will lie.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech and the elites don\u2019t want the truth out. That\u2019s why they have cut us off from 90% of advertisers. Imagine if someone cut your monthly income by 90%. 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President Joe Biden and House Democrats oppose the law, arguing that current safeguards are sufficient. Trump also referenced the influence of private funding, such as &#8220;Zuckerbucks,&#8221; in elections, suggesting that it may have skewed results in favor of Democrats. The Western Journal is urging readers to support their coverage of the 2024 election, emphasizing the importance of truthful reporting in the face of opposition from Big Tech and elites<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":2291441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Donald-Trump-10.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21803,32431,3634,34433],"class_list":["post-2291440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-zuckerbucks","tag-2024-election","tag-trump","tag-warning-shot"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Donald-Trump-10.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}