Senate Minority Chief Charles Schumer has repeatedly claimed that the SAVE America Act that makes voter ID necessary is “Jim Crow 2.0.” PolitiFact does not discover that outrageous smear value a “truth test,” simply because it did not test when President Biden repeatedly asserted it. It must 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 distinct mathematical declare by Schumer:
The SAVE America Act “would power Individuals to register (to vote) solely in particular person, one thing solely 5% of Individuals do right this moment.”
That was rated “Half True,’ as a result of the SAVE Act does require registration in particular person, however in 2024, wherever from 11 to 42 p.c of voters registered in particular person, “relying on what number of registrations stemmed from in-person visits to motorized vehicle companies, a knowledge level that isn’t being collected.” In the event that they had been checking a Republican, it could in all probability be tagged “Largely False.”
However the level right here is the curious means PolitiFact chooses what to test, 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 getting beer than voting?” This one did not have a “Fact-O-Meter” ranking, however Amy Sherman argued “Why the beer vs ballots comparability falls brief,”
On Friday, PolitiFact awarded a True to Sen. Elizabeth Warren for her March 3 assertion: “Within the fashionable period, no American president has ordered extra army strikes towards as many alternative nations as Donald Trump.”
Ohio College scholar Zoe Weyand does look like right on this: Trump has ordered strikes on ten totally different nations. They advised the “fashionable 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 “Fact-O-Meter” ranking on the False aspect — “Largely False,” “False,” or “Pants On Hearth.” 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” over and over. Consider what number of claims right here may very well be “truth checked.”
Schumer on Wednesday: “So I’ve referred to as this [SAVE] Act, over and over, JIM CROW 2.0 and so they hate it. I’ve gotten 50 million right-wing assaults on my e-mail ‘trigger I mentioned it.
And you understand why they assault it? Trigger they know it is the reality. It’s JIM CROW 2.0, however it’s… pic.twitter.com/uOzD29CNSC
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) March 20, 2026
