A Wisconsin congressman thinks a new voter ID law in his state will help the eventual Republican nominee win the state in the general election.
“You know that a lot of Republicans, since 1984 in the presidential races, have not been able to win in Wisconsin,” TMJ4’s Charles Benson said to Rep. Glenn Grothmann, R-Campbellsport, on election night in Milwaukee Tuesday. “Why would it be any different for Ted Cruz, or a Donald Trump?”
Grothmann said that though he thinks front-runner Hillary Clinton will be a weak nominee for the Democrats, “now we have photo ID, and I think photo ID is gonna make a little bit of a difference as well.”
Grothmann has endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who won big in Wisconsin Tuesday night.
“Well there it is — If you can’t win Wisconsinite’s votes the fair and square way, you impose voter ID to gain an advantage so you win,” Martha Laning, chairwoman of Wisconsin’s Democratic party, said in Facebook post.
A new voter ID law was signed by Gov. Scott Walker in 2011, but it didn’t go into effect until this year. Voters must show a Wisconsin-issued ID or a federal ID like a passport, and driver’s licenses from other states are not allowed.
