Johnson and Trump Collaborate on Legislation to Safeguard Voting Rights from Non-Citizen Interference

Washington: At his Mar-a-Lago home, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will lobby former President Donald Trump for a law that would bar non-citizens from casting ballots.

According to a person familiar with the arrangements, Johnson and Trump will have a joint news conference at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home on Friday. The top House Republican will highlight the measure to “elevate the issue of non-citizens voting in federal elections.”

According to the source, the occasion is also an attempt to convince Republican lawmakers to “join the team” on the matter of election security.

It is uncommon, though, for non-citizens to be able to cast ballots in federal elections held in the United States. The former president has long maintained, under false pretenses, that there was massive voter fraud during the 2020 presidential contest.

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The bill is also being introduced as House Republicans attempt to present a united front in spite of the disarray that has frequently engulfed the lower house.

Their encounter, which comes at a pivotal point in Johnson’s speakership, will be the first time the two Republicans have met in public.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a firebrand conservative from Georgia, is presently threatening to remove the speaker, and she has also angered other extreme conservatives in the House.