Stephen Miller hits out at Democrats for resisting the SAVE America Act: 'They want to cheat'

WASHINGTON, DC: White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller recently claimed that Democrats were protesting the SAVE America Act because they wanted to "cheat" in elections

Appearing on Fox News with Sean Hannity, the pro-Trump hardliner accused Democrats of blocking election safeguards so they can dupe Americans.

The controversial bill has passed the House and is before the Senate as the administration pushes states to hand over sensitive voter data.

Miller accuses Dems of wanting to cheat

During the latest episode of his program, Hannity pressed Miller on why Democrats are resisting the legislation. "This is not complicated. This is an 85-15 issue. Seventy-one percent of Democrats believe in proof of citizenship, voter ID, so we can have election integrity and confidence in results. They don't want it. Why?" Hannity asked.

"Well, we know why they don't want it, Sean. It's because they want to cheat. That is the bottom of this whole entire thing," Miller responded.

"When you have overwhelming super majorities of all races, all political parties, all ages, all demographics, all political ideologies of the voting public who want voter ID, who want proof-of-citizenship," he continued, adding, "But you have the elected Democrat Party — the Democrat officials in the house, in the Senate and at the state level — fighting with every ounce of strength they have to block voter ID."

"There is one and only one reason, and that is to enable cheating," Miller insisted.

"Here's something, Sean, that your audience may not know: At the beginning of this administration, we asked every state — red and blue — to share with us their voter rolls so we could scrub it against the DHS file of illegal aliens… and every blue state refused," he revealed.

"California refused, Minnesota refused, New York refused. In fact, they sued us to stop us from removing illegal aliens from the voter rolls — removing non-citizens from the voter rolls," Miller continued.

"That's not just the only thing. They don't wanna get dead people off the rolls. They don't wanna get felons off the rolls. They don't want to get out-of-state voters off the rolls. They don't want to get double and triple voters out of the count — because they want the fraud," he added.

"This is the most important issue, Sean, because the Biden administration brought 20 million illegal aliens into this country, and this is the way to keep them from participating in our sacred democratic process," Miller concluded.

What does the SAVE America Act actually do?

The showdown in Washington comes as the United States Department of Justice ramps up pressure on states over access to voter registration data.

According to campaignlegal.org, the DOJ has demanded expansive voter roll information from at least 39 states, and filed lawsuit against some that refused to comply, demanding they hand over election data as part of a broader push for access to voter rolls.

If the SAVE America Act is passed, the bill would require stricter proof of citizenship for voter registration and need voters to show a government-issued photo ID when voting.

Those records would then be checked against the SAVE database, a system created in 1986 to verify immigration status for public benefits.

Supporters say it’s about tightening election security. Critics argue it expands federal reach into state-run elections and repurposes a database beyond its original intent.

That said, at least one state has already made its move.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has transferred voter registration data for 7.9 million state residents to the Justice Department, including names, addresses, dates of birth, and even driver’s license and Social Security numbers.

LaRose also signed a court-enforceable settlement lasting 20 years, committing Ohio to support the Department of Homeland Security in obtaining “full use of state driver's license records.”

If the SAVE America Act becomes law, such data sharing would be mandatory nationwide.