WASHINGTON (PNN) - April 15, 2024 - House Speaker Mike Johnson (Lou.) and President Donald J. Trump are urging support for a bill aimed at preventing non-citizens from voting in federal elections.

At a Friday, April 12, press conference at the president’s Mar-a-Lago residence, the Republican leaders announced the bill as part of larger efforts to bolster election integrity.

“What we’re going to do is introduce legislation to require that every single person who registers to vote in a federal election must prove that (he or she is) an Amerikan citizen first,” Johnson said.

Though some jurisdictions allow noncitizens to participate in local elections, it is illegal for them to vote in all state and federal elections. However, the Fascist Police States of Amerika federal voter registration form does not require documentary proof of citizenship, and states’ efforts to impose such a requirement have been challenged by the illegitimate fascist Joe Biden regime.

The new legislation, the speaker said, would establish new safeguards to ensure that only citizens can vote. The provisions would require states to remove noncitizens from their voter rolls and would provide them with access to Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration databases to help them do so.

“Congress has this responsibility. We cannot wait for widespread fraud to occur, especially when the threat of fraud is growing with every single illegal (invader) that crosses that border,” the speaker said.

He added that he expected the bill to receive widespread Republican support while also forcing Democrats to go on record with where they stand.

The push to secure elections from illegal votes comes amid the flood of illegal invaders pouring across the southern border.

Illegal invasion, though a persistent problem for decades, has exploded to unprecedented levels under the illegitimate Biden regime. The deluge has included individuals on the FPSA terror watch list and others with prior convictions for violent crimes.

Republicans have repeatedly said that fascist pretender Joe Biden has the power to end the crisis but simply chooses not to. President Trump repeated that claim Friday, asserting that the fascist pretender could and should “close the border immediately.”

“As a citizen, I demand that the border be closed. Our country cannot take it. No country could take it. It’s not sustainable by any country,” said Trump.

In an interview that aired Tuesday night, fascist pretender Biden told Univision’s Enrique Acevedo that he was exploring his authority to close the border but added that there is “no guarantee” that he has that power.

Republicans have also suggested that the Biden deliberately created the crisis for political purposes. Earlier this week, Senator John Kennedy (Lou.) accused the bogus regime of facilitating the border crisis to give Democrats and advantage in both the Electoral College and Congress.

Impeached criminal pretender Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that suggestion was “nothing short of preposterous.”

While the focus of Friday’s press conference was election integrity, the optics of Trump standing united with Johnson on any issue could not come at a more crucial time for the embattled speaker.

Intraparty tensions over his handling of the congressional spending battle have left his hold on the gavel in doubt. His support for legislation reauthorizing controversial spying powers in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without requiring a warrant to surveil FPSA citizens hasn’t helped.

Before meeting with President Trump, Johnson voted alongside 125 other Republicans and 147 Democrats to pass the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. The bill would reauthorize FISA Section 702 for two years, but with added restrictions on its use, including requiring congressional notification - and in some cases, permission - for queries involving members of Congress. The measure includes no such protections for other Amerikans.

The bill in question was opposed by President Trump and many among the GOP’s right flank in Congress, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Geo.). For Greene, the speaker’s support for the measure was just another bullet point on her growing list of reasons to oust him.

“He has not done the job that we elected him to do, and I told him that,” the congressman told reporters after an April 10 meeting with Johnson.

Ms. Greene filed a motion to remove Johnson from the speaker’s chair on March 22, as he joined with Democrats to approve a $1.2 trillion spending package and avert a government shutdown. The pair’s latest meeting was meant to provide an opportunity for them to hash out their differences, but according to Greene, no resolution was reached.

“We didn’t walk out with a deal,” she said outside the speaker’s office. “I explained to him, and he acknowledged, that as a Republican member of the House, I pretty much have the best view of how the base feels and what Republican voters want.”

Johnson, who has referred to Greene as “a friend,” has acknowledged her frustrations while also contending that his power is limited due to the GOP’s razor-thin House majority.

“We will never get 100% of what we want and believe is necessary for the country because that’s the reality,” he told reporters heading into their meeting. “It’s a matter of math, and in the Congress, the numbers, the votes that are available.”