“The millions (of immigrants) that have been paroled can simply go to their local welfare office or the DMV and register to vote.”
What PolitiFact found
Only U.S. citizens may vote in federal elections. If people apply to register to vote, they must attest to being citizens under penalty of perjury and election officials vet the application.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mike Johnson (House Speaker) made this claim around 8 May 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 May 2024, 12 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Mike Johnson has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- c-span.orghttps://www.c-span.org/video/?535480-1/speaker-johnson-news-conference-voter-eligibility-…
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