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by knownjorbist 1611 days ago
That's funny, considering the concept of a national ID has been soundly rejected by republicans for decades. Instead we shoehorned SSN's into that position.
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He said:

> Americans don't want to use ID even for voting

You said:

> a national ID

Most Republicans do not favor national ID's and do favor checking ID's to vote. The idea behind voter ID is using the same state ID you use to buy liquor, etc.