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Hillary Clinton Trolled For Response To New GOP Bill

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was torched by Republican lawmakers after raising the alarm over a GOP-backed bill aimed at securing voter registration processes.

The bill in question, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, passed in the House with a 220-208 vote on Thursday and seeks to require voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship before registering to cast their ballots in federal elections.

Introduced by Representative Chip Roy (R-TX), the legislation proposes changes to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

Specifically, it would mandate that individuals demonstrate their citizenship to register for federal voting, compel states to clean up voter rolls by removing noncitizens, and create a process for verifying applicants who lack traditional documentation.

Clinton took to social media to sound the alarm, suggesting the bill could obstruct access to the ballot for a significant number of American women, particularly those whose married names do not match their birth certificates.

“Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don’t match their birth certificates,” Clinton posted.

“Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.”

Before the House vote, Clinton had also encouraged her followers to contact their representatives.

Accompanying her post was an infographic listing the number of women aged 15 and older in each state who may have changed their last name due to marriage or hyphenation.

“Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill,” Clinton warned in a Wednesday message.

Clinton was viciously trolled online by Republican lawmakers after making the post.

Roy challenged the notion that the legislation was controversial, replying, “Just show an ID. Why would you not want to verify citizenship?”

Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) dismissed Clinton’s take, stating, “This is a nasty lie.”

Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) went even further, pushing back against what she saw as a patronizing tone toward women.

“Stop. You are lying. Read the bill. And for the love of God, stop treating women like they are incapable or idiots,” she said.

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), who introduced the Senate version of the SAVE Act, pointed out that Clinton’s claims don’t hold up under scrutiny.

“Hillary Clinton argues that the SAVE Act ‘threatens voting access’ for ’69 million women whose married names don’t match their birth certificates,’” he wrote.

“If that were true — and it’s definitely not — the same women would be unemployable as they’d be unable to complete an I-9, which requires proof of citizenship,” he noted.

Lee added that Clinton’s logic doesn’t align with legal or administrative standards, arguing that her concerns are contradicted by the actual language of the bill.

Clinton has remained a frequent critic of the GOP and the Trump administration.

In the most recent example, she gave her two cents about a report that the National Park Service had scrubbed or minimized references to Harriet Tubman from a webpage about the Underground Railroad.

In a sarcastic jab at President Trump, she posted: “What’s next from this administration, fan videos of Jefferson Davis?”

That post, which garnered over 400,000 views, did not allow replies, as Clinton had disabled comments. The Tubman content was restored to the website the following day.

Clinton also penned a scathing opinion piece for the New York Times late last month, blasting Trump and his administration for what she described as gross negligence in the handling of sensitive military data.

She was referring to “Signalgate,” in which a journalist was mistakenly added to a Signal chat group where top Trump officials were discussing military strike plans.

“It’s not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it’s the stupidity,” she wrote.

“We’re all shocked — shocked! — that President Trump and his team don’t actually care about protecting classified information or federal record retention laws,” Clinton stated. “But we knew that already.”

Clinton continued, claiming that national security had been jeopardized, despite once using a private email server to conduct official business as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state.

“What’s much worse is that top Trump administration officials put our troops in jeopardy by sharing military plans on a commercial messaging app and unwittingly invited a journalist into the chat.”

“That’s dangerous. And it’s just dumb,” she added.

When CNBC reached out for comment on Clinton’s hit piece, White House spokesperson Harrison Field shot back: “Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”

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