White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt fired off a staunch defense of the Save America Act after a “frankly insulting” question about voter fraud was shouted at her during Turning Point event with Erika Kirk on Thursday.
Leavitt, who joined conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s widow on stage at George Washington University in Washington, DC, to kick off of TPUSA’s latest tour, gave the frank rebuttable after a student yelled if President Trump’s push to tighten voter eligibility for federal elections was worth the risk.
The unidentified student solicited a mix of boos and cheers as he claimed that voter fraud was “incredibly rare” and questioned if the legislation would be beneficial to “prevent a few hundred cases of voter fraud.”
“No need to boo. It’s an honest question,” Leavitt responded coolly as she expressed skepticism about Heritage Foundation data the student cited.
“There is certainly much more, I believe, voter fraud in this country, and I’m sure those statistics back it up, than what you cited with one survey.”
“Why are you okay with any voter fraud in the United States of America?” she added.
Leavitt went on to rage it was “absolutely absurd” the US doesn’t require voter ID for national elections.
“This idea that the Save America Act would disenfranchise anyone is frankly insulting,” she said.
“It’s a common-sense piece of legislation, and Democrats would be wise to get on board with this, because the only people in the world, except for maybe this gentleman who asked the question, seem to be politicians in this city who don’t want voter ID and proof of citizenship in American elections,” Leavitt added.
The bill — one of Trump’s top priorities — passed the House in February but has been held up in the Senate amid pushback from defiant Democrats.
Trump, for his part, has accused Democrats of opposing the voter ID law because they “want to cheat” — and could threaten the Republican majority in Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.