Top Virginia Dem dinged for on-air correction of state's voter ID law; opponent demands answers
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner's Republican challengers are seizing on the Virginia Democrat's on-air exchange over his opposition to the SAVE Act after a TV anchor corrected him...
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Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner's Republican challengers are seizing on the Virginia Democrat's on-air exchange over his opposition to the SAVE Act after a TV anchor corrected him on his own state's election laws. Warner argued the SAVE Act — part of conservatives' election security push — could disenfranchise married women and others, while pointing to Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's opposition as evidence of bipartisan concern. "It's astonishing that a man who has spent nearly two decades representing Virginia in the United States Senate doesn't even know Virginia's own voter ID laws," Marine Reserves Lt. Col. David Williams exclusively told Fox News Digital Tuesday. "If Senator Mark Warner can't get a basic fact about our elections right on national television, how can Virginians trust him to protect the integrity of those elections?" TRUMP INTERVENES AS HOUSE GOP REVOLT PUTS SAVE AMERICA ACT AT CENTER OF SPENDING SHOWDOWN Williams, an Iraq War veteran and former diplomat, said the SAVE Act is the "common-sense" move to secure America's elections without disenfranchising "legal vote[s]." "If Senator Warner believes only American citizens should vote in American elections, he should join me in demanding an immediate vote on the SAVE America Act . If he won’t, Virginians deserve to know why." On Sunday, ABC News anchor Jon Karl told Warner 80% of Americans, including 71% of Democrats, support nationwide voter ID. Warner replied that, "in Virginia, we have voter ID and photo ID – I have to show my …," trailing off as Karl cut in. "That's actually not the case. I’m a Virginia voter," Karl said. "You don't need to show voter ID in Virginia. There are a wide range of things you can show for it." MARINE VETERAN DAVID WILLIAMS LAUNCHES SENATE BID Karl added that voters can still provisionally vote if they sign an affidavit. Warner replied there are a variety of ways Virginians can legally vote, adding he found irony in some states purport…