独家报道： 明尼苏达州共和党众议员、众议院多数党督导汤姆·埃默指责民主党人在反对共和党最新选举诚信法案时言行不一。
这位众议院第三号共和党人在上周几乎所有民主党人都投票反对《保障美国选民资格法案》（Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility，简称SAVE America法案，也常被称为”SAVE法案”）后抨击了对手党，尤其针对该法案中要求在投票站使用联邦认可的带照片身份证件的条款。
“这些人又在老生常谈所谓的‘压制选民’，”埃默告诉福克斯新闻数字版，“他们为什么不对机场的身份证件尖叫？为什么不对在图书馆借书时的身份证件尖叫？”
[诺姆支持SAVE美国法案，抨击对选民身份证件和公民身份证明的‘激进左翼’反对]
埃默指出，去年在芝加哥，前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯接受民主党提名竞选白宫时，参会者需出示带照片身份证件才能入场。
“顺便说一句，如果他们认为这是压制选民，那为什么民主党全国代表大会上入场也需要照片身份证件？”埃默反问道。
“我的意思是，我认为美国人比这些人想象的要聪明得多，也能理解这些事，”他说。
SAVE美国法案于周三在众议院通过，获得所有共和党人支持——这在众议院已属罕见——仅有一名民主党人支持，即得克萨斯州众议员亨利·奎利亚尔。
该法案此前被简称为SAVE法案，于去年4月在众议院通过，当时有四名民主党人支持。
更新后的法案不仅像原法案一样要求选民登记过程中提供公民身份证明，还要求在任何联邦选举中投票都必须出示带照片身份证件。根据立法文本，这种带照片身份证件同时也需证明公民身份。
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众议院和参议院的民主党领袖均谴责该法案，众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯称其为“压制选民”，纽约州民主党参议员少数党领袖查克·舒默则将其描述为“现代版吉姆·克劳法”。
杰弗里斯还特别抨击了一项条款，该条款允许美国国土安全部（DHS）在发现非法移民出现在州选民名单上时启动驱逐程序，他认为国土安全部会滥用这些信息。
不过，至少在多项民调中，选民身份证件标准在美国选举中颇受欢迎。
皮尤研究中心2025年8月发布的一项民调显示，高达83%的受访者支持政府颁发的带照片身份证件作为投票凭证，而持反对意见的仅占16%。
盖洛普2024年10月的一项民调显示，84%的受访者支持在联邦选举中使用带照片身份证件进行投票。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字版的政治记者，负责报道众议院相关动态。她此前曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻任职。
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EXCLUSIVE: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is accusing Democrats of being hypocritical in their opposition to Republicans’ latest election integrity bill.
The No. 3 House Republican ripped the rival party after nearly all of them voted against the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act last week, specifically over its provision mandating federally accepted photo identification at the polls. It’s also sometimes referred to as the “SAVE Act.”
“These guys are doing the same old broken record about voter suppression,” Emmer told Fox News Digital. “Why aren’t they screaming about photo IDs at the airport? Why aren’t they screaming about photo IDs when you check out a book at the library?”
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Emmer pointed out that a photo ID was required for attendees to watch former Vice President Kamala Harris accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for the White House in Chicago last year.
“By the way, if they think it’s voter suppression, why do they require photo IDs at the Democrat National Convention to get in?” Emmer said.
“I mean, I think Americans are so much smarter than these people can understand, can let themselves understand,” he said.
The SAVE America Act passed the House on Wednesday with support from all Republicans — an increasingly rare sight in the chamber — and just one Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas.
A previous iteration of the bill, just called the SAVE Act, passed the House in April of last year with support from four House Democrats.
Whereas the SAVE Act would have created a new federal proof-of-citizenship mandate in the voter registration process and imposed requirements for states to keep their rolls clear of ineligible voters, the updated bill would also require photo ID to vote in any federal election.
That photo ID would also have to denote proof-of-citizenship, according to the legislative text.
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Democratic leaders in the House and Senate have both panned the bill, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries calling it “voter suppression” and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., dismissing it as “a modern-day Jim Crow.”
Jeffries also specifically took issue with a provision that would enable the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to initiate removal proceedings if an illegal immigrant was found on a state’s voter rolls, arguing DHS would weaponize the information.
But voter ID, at least, has proven to be a popular standard in U.S. elections across multiple public polls.
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A Pew Research Center poll released in August 2025 showed a whopping 83% of people supported government-issued photo ID requirements for showing up to vote, compared to just 16% of people who disapproved of it.
A Gallup poll from October 2024 showed 84% of people supported photo ID for voting in federal elections.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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