The two Republicans, in a joint press conference from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, raised concerns about elections and pushed a bill banning noncitizens from voting. There is virtually no evidence of noncitizen voting and it’s illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections.
Swalwell told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that it’s “too rich” to hear “election integrity” talk come from the former president — who has falsely claimed that he won the 2020 election — as well as the House speaker — one of 147 Republicans that voted to overturn the results of the election.
“That’s like having to listen to a lecture by Bonnie and Clyde on bank security,” Swalwell said.
“I mean, it’s absurd considering what they did in the 2020 election to try and overturn it.”
Johnson, on Friday, announced that House Republicans were introducing a bill that would require proof of citizenship to vote before claiming that noncitizens could cast “100s of thousands of votes” in the election if one out of every 100 noncitizens in the U.S. voted.
“Well, it’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote,” Swalwell noted.
“And so, they’re going after something that is already illegal and by the way, it’s not a thing.”