Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., was confronted by a poll that found a majority of Americans support requiring a photo ID to vote – which the liberal senator said would disenfranchise voters.
ABC’s Jonathan Karl began by asking Schiff whether Democrats and Republicans could reach a compromise on supporting photo ID at the polls, as Republicans push the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. Some Democrats are comparing the SAVE Act to “Jim Crow 2.0.”
“Jonathan, what you just asked is essentially: the Republicans have created distrust in the elections by making claims of non-existent election fraud, and we should not use the lack of trust they have created to enact a voter suppression law, which is the SAVE Act, which would require people to have a birth certificate or a passport – they don’t have documents that almost half of the American country does not have. passport, and I don’t know where many millions of people even find a birth certificate,” Schiff replied.
Senator Adam Schiff on “The Late Show” on July 17, 2025. ABC hosts Jonathan Karl on “Good Morning America” on April 3, 2023.
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Karl said he was asking Schiff a different question, specifically about whether he would support the photo.
“But I was asking you a different question: photo ID. Because, as you know, let’s show that there were recent polls, there were many polls about this, but in a recent Pew poll, 83% of adults support requiring a photo ID to vote. Seventy-one percent of Democrats are in favor of requiring a photo ID,” said Karl. “Is this something you can support? And if not, why?”
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Schiff claimed that he would still “disenfranchise” people.
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-CA, speaks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.
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“It’s still going to be something that disempowers people who don’t have the proper Real ID, the driver’s license ID, who don’t have the ID needed to vote, even though they’re citizens. This is another way to just try to suppress the vote,” Schiff said.
The Pew Research survey, conducted in August 2025, found that 95% of Republicans support showing identification to vote.
Schiff added, “And the last thing I think we need to do is discourage more citizens from voting while they’re attacking those same elections, while they’re trying to eliminate absentee voting, while they’re trying to prevent them from being able to register to vote through the DMV or by mail.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., said the SAVE Act represents “Jim Crow 2.0.”
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“For example, if you change – you’re a woman who got married and changed your last name, you won’t be able to show ID, and you’ll be discriminated against. If you can’t find a birth certificate, or an appropriate ID, you’ll be discriminated against. This is vicious and disgusting. And I told our Republican colleagues, it won’t pass a single Democratic Senate vote. It will revive Jim Crow all over the country. And when the American people hear what exactly they’re doing, and whatever he’s up to, they’re going to be against him, too,” Schumer said during an appearance on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” on Thursday.
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Original article source: Adam Schiff confronted on poll showing overwhelming support for requiring photo ID to vote