{"id":2573018,"date":"2026-02-24T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-snow-joe-concha-pokes-fun-at-nyc-snow-shovel-id-rules\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:03:00","slug":"jim-snow-joe-concha-pokes-fun-at-nyc-snow-shovel-id-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-snow-joe-concha-pokes-fun-at-nyc-snow-shovel-id-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Jim Snow&#8217;: Joe Concha pokes fun at NYC snow shovel ID rules"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fjim-snow-joe-concha-pokes-fun-at-nyc-snow-shovel-id-rules%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=2573018&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>This Washington Examiner piece centers on Joe concha\u2019s critique of Democratic opposition to voter ID laws,framed against New York City\u2019s snow-shoveling ID requirements during a Northeast blizzard.It notes that NYC and nearby areas faced heavy snowfall, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late...night restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn&#039;t\">local officials<\/a> and politicians discussing ways to mobilize help, even <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >jokingly framing paperwork-heavy roles<\/a> like \u201cEmergency Snow Shovelers\u201d that would require multiple IDs and other documents.<\/p>\n<p>Key points include:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Concha ridicules Democrats\u2019 stance on voter ID while highlighting NYC\u2019s (and other Northeast areas\u2019) ID requirements for snow-shoveling jobs, calling attention to what he sees as political hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article highlights Democratic figures such as Adam Schiff and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer opposing the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act), which Concha and supporters label as restrictive; Schumer has referred to the idea of voter ID in broader terms as \u201cJim Crow 2.0.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Concha counters that voter ID is necessary and asserts that about 90% of Americans support it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The House passed the SAVE Act by a 218-213 vote, but its fate in the Senate remains uncertain, given the Republican majority and potential filibuster concerns. Senator John Thune has been cited as promising a Senate vote but has not yet acted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the piece includes a video segment and references to related commentary and \u201cRecommended Stories,\u201d and it appears within the Washington Examiner\u2019s opinion and analysis framework.<\/p>\n<p>the article presents a provocative contrast between calls for voter ID reform and seemingly ID-heavy local requirements, using humor and political rhetoric to argue in favor of stricter identification standards.  <\/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\">&lsquo;Jim Snow&rsquo;: Joe Concha pokes fun at NYC &lsquo;irony&rsquo; with snow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-gamestop-saga-shows-system-is-not-the-capitalism-we-were-promised-not-even-close\/\" title=\"FNC&#039;s Carlson: GameStop Saga Shows System Is &#039;Not the Capitalism We Were Promised ...... Not Even Close&#039;\">shovel<\/a> ID requirements<\/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_2511780\" 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\/\" type=\"mediapress_author\" id=\"12404\">Joe Concha<\/a> ridiculed how some Democrats oppose requiring identification to vote<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">, even as&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\">New York City<\/a>&nbsp;requires<\/span> multiple IDs to shovel its snow.<\/p>\n<p>The Big Apple is one of many areas in the Northeast <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/4467175\/winter-storm-hernando-brings-blizzard-conditions-dumps-snow-new-york-city\/\">hit with blizzard conditions<\/a>, with New York City and Philadelphia having massive snowfall overnight on Sunday. New York Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11802\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> said those who want to help their neighbors can become &ldquo;an Emergency Snow Shoveler&rdquo; if they show up to their local sanitation garage with &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4467115\/mamdani-mocked-for-requiring-id-for-snow-shoveling-jobs-but-not-to-vote\/\">your paperwork<\/a>,&rdquo; including &ldquo;two small photos, two original forms of ID, plus copies, and a Social Security card.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4468243\/robert-de-niro-cries-advises-endure-trump-fire\/\">Robert De Niro cries as he advises people to endure Trump&#8217;s &#8216;fire&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4466506\/social-media-addictive-adults-ways-to-cut-back\/\">Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4466468\/trump-inflation-after-biden-tiana-lowe-doescher\/\">Trump did a &lsquo;job well done&rsquo; with inflation after Biden: Tiana Lowe Doescher<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Mamdani&rsquo;s paperwork requirement comes after several prominent Democrats, including Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4450404\/adam-schiff-photo-id-voter-suppression\/\">Adam Schiff<\/a> (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4458765\/schumer-spurn-save-act-despite-support\/\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY), have publicly spoken against the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, with the latter describing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nicki-minaj-calls-on-barbz-to-tell-their-senators-to-pass-the-save-act\/\" title=\"Nicki Minaj calls on &#039;Barbz&#039; to tell their senators to pass the ...\">voter identification bill<\/a> as &ldquo;Jim Crow 2.0.&rdquo; Concha joked that New York City&rsquo;s requirements to become an emergency snow shoveler aren&rsquo;t just Jim Crow 2.0, but &ldquo;Jim Snow 3.0.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just unbelievable that Democrats, in this case a Democratic socialist, would put forth a requirement that obviously will make it impossible for women to apply, because apparently, as many Democrats have been saying on TV all weekend, it&rsquo;s really, really, hard to find your birth certificate apparently, and therefore, that suppresses the vote when it comes to voting in elections,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>Varney &amp; Co.<\/em> Monday.<\/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=3390684&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=cef7ed7a769b37f782c58ba5f143ddfc\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha added that the &ldquo;irony&rdquo; of this ID requirement is &ldquo;so thick,&rdquo; one could cut it &ldquo;with a knife.&rdquo; He concluded that voter ID is necessary, and &ldquo;90% of Americans support it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/4465771\/influencers-are-lying-to-you-about-the-save-act\/\"><strong>RESTORING AMERICA: &lsquo;INFLUENCERS&rsquo; ARE LYING TO YOU ABOUT THE SAVE ACT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4455007\/house-passes-voter-id-bill-one-democrat-supporting\/\">by a vote of 218-213<\/a> on Wednesday. The legislation has yet to pass the Senate, where Republicans only have a three-seat majority.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Several Trump supporters and influencers have been&nbsp;frustrated with Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"178\">John Thune <\/a>(R-SD), who has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4465730\/maga-backlash-thune-save-act-filibuster\/\">yet to bring the legislation to a vote<\/a>. Thune has repeatedly assured that the SAVE Act will get a Senate vote, though conservatives view the promise of a vote as meaningless if the bill is destined to die due to a Democrat-led filibuster.<\/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>Concha mocks NYC snow-ID irony as Dems oppose voter-ID<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2573019,"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\/AP26050611020236-e1771953138110.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[74466,74467,7332],"class_list":["post-2573018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-jim_snow","tag-joe_concha","tag-nyc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26050611020236-e1771953138110.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573018","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=2573018"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573022,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573018\/revisions\/2573022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2573019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2573018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}