Holtz appeared to be responding to the fight to get the SAVE Act passed
College football coaching legend Lou Holtz offered his thoughts about the idea of non-American citizens voting in the upcoming 2024 elections.
Holtz made his remarks 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 being presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Dec, 3, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Republicans are pushing the passage of the Safeguard 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, as well as purge noncitizens from voter rolls.
Democratic leadership is urging its House members to vote against the bill in the lead-up to the vote, saying it would place "an extreme burden [on] countless Americans" in order to vote.
Holtz made his stance clear in a video posted to X.
"I’m one of these individuals that no matter what’s going on, I want to be part of it. When I go to a wedding, I want to be the grom. I go to a funeral, I want to be the corpse. The list goes on and on. I got to a banquet, I want to be the speaker," he said.
Lou Holtz, head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, looks on before the NCAA Independent Conference college football game against the University of Purdue Boilermakers on Sept. 24, 1988 at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana. (Jonathan Daniel/Allsport/Getty Images)
"That’s why I’m going to stick my two thoughts about what’s going on in this country. This is about you can have a vote without being a citizen, that’s wrong. I don’t care how you twist it or turn it, nobody in this country should stand for that. That’s not the right thing to do.
The idea that you can have a vote in this country without being a U.S. citizen is WRONG!
— Lou Holtz (@CoachLouHoltz88) July 9, 2024
You win the election fair and square.
Non-U.S. citizens should not be able to vote! pic.twitter.com/vvGcCQpnqG
"You win the election fair and square, that’s great, but we aren’t gonna have non-citizens vote. That’s just my thought and for anybody to say that’s OK, that’s hypocritical."
The bill could be voted on later this week.
Head coach Lou Holtz of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish watches from the sidelines during an NCAA football game against the Stanford Cardinal on Oct. 7, 1989 at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California. (David Madison/Getty Images)
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Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.
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