American journalist Ishaan Tharoor on Tuesday pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s use of India’s voter identification system as an example for the US, saying that while it is easy to get a voter ID in India, what the MAGA movement actually cares about is how the government managed to remove millions of people from electoral rolls.
Gor, in a post on X, wrote on Tuesday, “President Donald J. We need to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, now! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” he wrote on Truth Social. He added that the more significant precedent from India, particularly one that may appeal to the MAGA, was not its voter ID system but the government’s ability to remove large numbers of people from electoral rolls on bureaucratic grounds. “The real precedent set in India that MAGA may care about is not about voter ID but how India’s Hindu nationalist government managed to knock millions of people off the voting rolls in some states on arcane bureaucratic grounds. Trump is absolutely correct! Congress should pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!
India’s last Election had 646,000,000 Voters! Less than 1% voted by mail, and every single Voter had to have a VALID Photo Identity Document. 646 MILLION voters, every single one required an ID in India’s last election.
Tharoor was responding to a Truth Social post by the US President, in which Trump shared details of a conversation his administration had with chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who, according to Trump, asked how the US could have elections without requiring voter ID cards. “India, with all its adversity and complexity, makes it easier for the average Indian to get a photo ID than it is for many Americans to do so in some states,” Tharoor said. Earlier reporting noted: Taking to his Truth Social platform, Trump recalled that India’s Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, recently asked the US administration about why elections in America are held without a valid photo identification card, as he made a case for mandatory photo IDs for every US voter to curb “electoral fraud”.
“Earlier this month, India’s Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, asked our Administration — How can you have Elections in the U.S. without a valid Photo ID? Earlier reporting noted: US President Donald Trump has cited India’s election system and voter identification requirements as he renewed his call for the passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, which seeks stricter citizenship requirements to vote in US elections.
