(BPR) Trump’s resounding victory and his declared mandate had many talking about ways the GOP leader could maximize the impact of his second administration. While he himself advanced pursuits of Second Amendment protections, congressional term limits, and a Great American State Fair, supporters were ready to put election integrity in the spotlight with a national election holiday.
“What I care about is how are we actually going to fix it in a lasting way,” businessman and campaign surrogate Vivek Ramaswamy told Tucker Carlson during a post-election conversation (well-worth listening to in full). “I think we can do this nationally, where you make the election a national holiday, put it on a single day… at least for a federal election.
People can rejoice…it would take a lot of stress off people, too.”
(Video: Tucker Carlson)
Ramaswamy continued, “All 50 states have a bare minimum standard of single-day voting, paper ballots, government-issued ID to match the voter file. Period,” he argued. “And I think more or less we’ve solved the problem of public confidence in elections for the long run.”
“If you’re against that…I’d love to hear the best arguments offered against that. I haven’t really heard that yet,” added Ramaswamy as Carlson brought up the oft-touted claim of black voters lacking access to IDs.
Similarly, last-minute endorser Joe Rogan had fellow podcaster Theo Von as a guest on “The Joe Rogan Experience” where the pair spoke of the same idea.
“How about we have an election — national election holiday. We could do with one more holiday,” said the host amid jokes about doing away with Columbus Day. In response, his guest expressed, “Celebrate it, it’s a great day. People can rejoice… it would take a lot of stress off people, too.”
Warning: Language
Joe Rogan and Theo Von now agree with @VivekGRamaswamy and Donald Trump; say Election Day should be a national holiday
Theo: “They give Christopher Columbus a holiday dude. The Lieutenant Dan of the 1400’s”@joerogan @TheoVon pic.twitter.com/gzX1n2bdpS
— James Jinnette (@james_jinnette1) November 8, 2024
