Senate Minority Chief Charles Schumer has repeatedly claimed that the SAVE America Act that makes voter ID obligatory is “Jim Crow 2.0.” PolitiFact would not discover that outrageous smear price a “reality examine,” simply because it did not examine when President Biden repeatedly asserted it. It needs to be blatantly apparent that the Republicans aren’t attempting to reinstall segregation and deny the vote to all black folks.
On Thursday, Louis Jacobson nitpicked a unique mathematical declare by Schumer:
The SAVE America Act “would drive Individuals to register (to vote) solely in particular person, one thing solely 5% of Individuals do as we speak.”
That was rated “Half True,’ as a result of the SAVE Act does require registration in particular person, however in 2024, anyplace from 11 to 42 % of voters registered in particular person, “relying on what number of registrations stemmed from in-person visits to motorcar businesses, a knowledge level that isn’t being collected.” In the event that they have been checking a Republican, it could most likely be tagged “Largely False.”
However the level right here is the curious manner PolitiFact chooses what to examine, and who’s checked. Schumer hasn’t been discovered “Largely False” or worse since 2021. Since then, together with the brand new one, he has two “Half Trues” and 4 “Largely Trues.” Final month, I famous PolitiFact’s Amy Sherman put collectively an article attacking Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), asking “Does the US have stricter ID guidelines for purchasing beer than voting?” This one did not have a “Reality-O-Meter” ranking, however Amy Sherman argued “Why the beer vs ballots comparability falls quick,”
On Friday, PolitiFact awarded a True to Sen. Elizabeth Warren for her March 3 assertion: “Within the trendy period, no American president has ordered extra navy strikes in opposition to as many alternative nations as Donald Trump.”
Ohio College scholar Zoe Weyand does seem like right on this: Trump has ordered strikes on ten completely different nations. They prompt the “trendy period” began with George W. Bush. However why are we solely finding the True statements? Like Schumer, Warren hasn’t been rated on the False aspect for a very long time — since 2020. Since then, together with the brand new one, Warren has two “Half Trues” and three “Trues.”
As of March 20, which is 79 days into 2026, PolitiFact hasn’t flagged Democrat politicians or officers with a single “Reality-O-Meter” ranking on the False aspect — “Largely False,” “False,” or “Pants On Fireplace.” There are eight rated objects: one “True,” 4 “Largely Trues,” and three “Half Trues.”
PS: Here is Schumer on Wednesday, boasting he is referred to as this invoice “Jim Crow 2.0” time and again. Consider what number of claims right here may very well be “reality checked.”
Schumer on Wednesday: “So I’ve referred to as this [SAVE] Act, time and again, JIM CROW 2.0 they usually hate it. I’ve gotten 50 million right-wing assaults on my e mail ‘trigger I mentioned it.
And why they assault it? Trigger they know it is the reality. It’s JIM CROW 2.0, but it surely’s… pic.twitter.com/uOzD29CNSC
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) March 20, 2026
