House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will promote a bill at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate that would prohibit non-citizens from voting.
Johnson will conduct a joint press conference with Trump on Friday at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate, where the top House Republican will promote legislation to “elevate the issue of non-citizens voting in federal elections,” according to a source familiar with the plans. The source also suggests that the gathering aims to motivate Republican senators to collaborate on election security.
Non-citizens are already barred from voting in federal elections in the United States, although this is unusual. The former president has long wrongly claimed that voter fraud was common in the 2020 presidential race.
The bill also comes as House Republicans attempt to present a united front, despite the instability that has frequently overtaken the lower chamber.
Their meeting will be the first public appearance by the two Republicans and comes at a critical time for Johnson’s speakership. The speaker is currently under assault from conservative firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., as well as other ultraconservatives in the House.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
