Legendary college football coach Lou Holtz offered his thoughts on the idea of allowing non-U.S. citizens to vote in the upcoming 2024 election.
Holtz made his comments Monday on social media days after House Democrats launched an effort to vote against a Republican-backed bill that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship to cast ballots in federal elections.
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Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz listens before receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House in Washington, DC, Thursday, December 3, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Republicans are pushing for passage of the Protecting American Voter Eligibility Act, which would amend the National Voter Registration Act and require states to obtain proof of citizenship from voters for federal elections, in addition to purging noncitizens from voter rolls.
Democratic leadership is urging its House members to vote against the bill in the run-up to the vote, saying it would impose “an extreme burden” [on] “countless Americans” to be able to vote.
Holtz made his position clear in a video posted on X.
“I'm one of those people that no matter what happens, I want to be a part of it. When I go to a wedding, I want to be the groom. When I go to a funeral, I want to be the corpse. The list is endless. When I go to a banquet, I want to be the speaker,” he said.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Lou Holtz looks on before the NCAA Independent Conference college football game against the Purdue University Boilermakers on September 24, 1988 at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana. (Jonathan Daniel/Allsport/Getty Images)
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“That's why I'm going to put forward my two ideas about what's happening in this country. It's that you can vote without being a citizen, that's wrong. I don't care how you spin it, no one in this country should tolerate that. That's not right.”
“If you win the election fairly and honestly, that's great, but we're not going to allow non-citizens to vote. That's just my opinion and for anyone to say that's okay is hypocritical.”
The bill could be voted on later this week.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Lou Holtz watches from the sidelines during an NCAA football game against the Stanford Cardinal on October 7, 1989 at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California. (David Madison/Getty Images)
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