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Schumer says Dems will fight voter ID push 'tooth and nail,' balks at DHS role in elections

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed Sunday that Senate Democrats will block the latest GOP-backed effort to require proof of citizenship to vote."We will not let it pass in the Senate," Schumer told CNN’s Jake Tapper. "We are fighting it tooth and nail. It's an outrageous proposal that is, you know, that shows the sort of political bias of the MAGA right. They don't want poor people to vote. They don't want people of color to vote because they often don't vote for them."Schumer’s comments came after Tapper pressed him on his opposition, noting that polling shows roughly 83% of...