{"id":2570813,"date":"2026-02-17T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-on-the-side-of-84-of-americans-wanting-voter-id\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T17:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:46:18","slug":"fetterman-on-the-side-of-84-of-americans-wanting-voter-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-on-the-side-of-84-of-americans-wanting-voter-id\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman on the side of \u201884% of Americans\u2019 wanting voter ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ffetterman-on-the-side-of-84-of-americans-wanting-voter-id%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=2570813&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>The piece centers on the debate over voter ID and the SAVE Act, highlighting Sen. John Fetterman as a rare Democrat voicing support for requiring identification to vote. Joe Concha argues that the Democratic opposition to the SAVE Act stems from a broader goal of allowing a path to citizenship for up to 15 million undocumented immigrants, which he says would enable voting in future elections. He cites polling claiming roughly 84% of Americans support voter ID and notes substantial minority support (about 75% of Black voters and 76% of Latino voters). The article suggests that,despite broad backing,the SAVE Act faces slim chances in the Senate due to the 60-vote filibuster and opposition from leaders like chuck Schumer and Adam Schiff. it presents these views within an opinionated frame that portrays the voter ID issue as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candidates-backed-by-group-head-funding-anti-israel-protests\/\" title=\"Cand...ates backed by group head funding anti-Israel protests\">potential political liability<\/a> for Democrats.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Fetterman on the side of &lsquo;84% of Americans&rsquo; wanting voter ID: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2504790\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> senior writer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> heralded Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) for remaining &ldquo;the voice of reason&rdquo; within his party on the matter of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-id\/\">voter identification<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman rebuffed the idea that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4455007\/house-passes-voter-id-bill-one-democrat-supporting\/\">Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act<\/a> is comparable to &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4458765\/schumer-spurn-save-act-despite-support\/\">Jim Crow 2.0<\/a>&rdquo; on Saturday, adding that presenting identification to vote in elections is &ldquo;not a radical idea.&rdquo; The Pennsylvania senator&rsquo;s statement comes as other Democrats are vehemently opposed to the SAVE America Act, including Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY).<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4460771\/embarrassing-vance-tells-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-read-a-book-china\/\">&#8216;Embarrassing&#8217;: Vance tells AOC to &#8216;read a book&#8217; about China before going out on global stage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4460710\/trump-endorses-texas-republicans-leaves-out-dan-crenshaw\/\">Trump endorses Texas Republicans but leaves out Dan Crenshaw<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4460746\/whoopi-goldberg-responds-epstein-denies-any-connection\/\">Whoopi Goldberg responds to Epstein documents, denies any personal connection<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Concha contended that &ldquo;the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >real issue&#038;rdquo<\/a>; with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\">Democratic Party&rsquo;s<\/a> opposition to the SAVE Act is the party&rsquo;s desire to have up to 15 million illegal immigrants receive a path to citizenship and be able to vote in future elections.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And John Fetterman, again, the voice of reason in the Democratic Party, a lone voice of reason it seems,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>Varney &amp; Co.<\/em>, guest-hosted by Ashley Webster.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The numbers are the numbers, Ashley &mdash; we talked about them on this show &mdash; 84% of Americans overall support voter ID. If you want to get on a plane or rent a car or buy liquor, or do whatever you need to do with an ID, I&rsquo;d think the most sacred thing we do in this country as a citizen is vote. You should need voter ID.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3380172&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=30282310bd31ebd648d1ceacc74fbc38\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha added that voter ID is supported by a majority of Democratic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/o-j-simpsons-alma-mater-to-host-panel-discussion-with-founder-of-scandal-plagued-lincoln-project\/\" title=\"O.J. Simpson\u2019s Alma Mater to Host Panel Discussion with Founder of Scandal-Plagued Lincoln Project\">minority voters<\/a>, including 75% of black voters and 76% of Latino voters.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Democrats being on &ldquo;the wrong side of this issue by a country mile,&rdquo; Concha said the SAVE Act is unlikely to pass the Senate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4455813\/gop-senate-could-force-talking-filibuster-pass-save-act-sarah-bedford\/\">due to the 60-vote filibuster<\/a>. Republicans only have a three-seat majority in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/4457413\/women-arent-falling-for-anti-save-act-fear-campaign\/\"><strong>OPINION: WOMEN AREN&rsquo;T FALLING FOR ANTI-SAVE ACT FEAR CAMPAIGN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides Schumer, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is also pushing back against the SAVE Act, calling it &ldquo;part of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4450404\/adam-schiff-photo-id-voter-suppression\/\">broader disenfranchisement effort<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;Executive Editor Bob Cusack argued that the Democratic base knows party leaders&rsquo; opposition to voter ID laws is<\/span> &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4460428\/democrats-voter-id-losing-issue-bob-cusack\/\">a losing issue for them<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fetterman backs voter ID; Concha hails him as voice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2570814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26043668597977_086368-e1771359903519.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6571,73980,69322,72761,73981],"class_list":["post-2570813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-elections","tag-john-fetterman-2","tag-public-opinion-2","tag-voter-id-2","tag-voting-policy-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26043668597977_086368-e1771359903519.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570813","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570817,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570813\/revisions\/2570817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}