MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senator doesn’t agree with President Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to nationalize elections.
Sen. Ron Johnson was asked to comment on the president’s remarks during a telephone town hall on Tuesday.
“I do not want to see us nationalizing elections. I do believe it’s fitting and proper to set some basic standards for federal elections, like only citizens can vote in federal elections. You’ve got jurisdictions that are allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections. Once they’re registered, that bleeds into federal elections, I fear,” Johnson said.
Johnson also said photo ID should be required to vote everywhere, as it is in Wisconsin. During an extended monologue about immigration on a podcast released by former deputy F.B.I. director Dan Bongino, Trump called for Republican officials to “take over” voting procedures in 15 unnamed states.
In a subsequent interview, he called for the Republican Party to “nationalize” voting in the United States.