Rep. Blanche says people must show ID to enter restaurants
Rep. Blanche said, "Every time you walk into a restaurant you have to show ID," while arguing for voter ID measures and the SAVE Act. Restaurants in the U.S. generally do not require patrons to show identification to enter; ID is typically requested only for age-restricted purchases like alcohol. The SAVE Act is a registration bill and does not itself require showing ID to vote, and voter ID proposals vary by state. This matters because equating routine entry rules with voting laws misleads people about ballot access and shapes the debate over voter ID requirements.
1. When was the last time you had to show your ID to walk into a restaurant? 2. If he means to purchase liquor, unlike the SAVE act, I don’t have to prove citizenship with a birth certificate or passport to do that. 3. Going to a restaurant isn’t a right.
The Attorney General of the United States thinks Americans are required to produce a government ID in order to enter a restaurant? And the interviewer didn't just terminate the interview right there and call him an ambulance?
Why the hell do we go through this every Sunday?
I couldn’t enter a restaurant last night because I lost my ID. I found it though, once I remembered the last time I had used it was when I had to show ID to get into the grocery store earlier that day. Phew.
This is wild, never had to show ID just to eat out! 😲
I have never shown an ID at a restaurant 🤪
I gotta believe this man is just stupid
You have the right to see the wine list. If you cannot afford the wine list, a basket of reheated bread will be appointed to you.
Republican false equivalency to justify taking voting rights away from millions is so much bullsh!t. These wannabe Nazis can’t win without cheating.
It's always disingenuous strawmen with them. Voting is a restaurant, budget is a household. They can't hold complex thoughts in their heads, and neither can their voters.
In all of my years of going to restaurants, I've NEVER been asked to show my ID. Is he confusing bars with restaurants? Bars, where alcohol is served, do require ID, as proof age of majority. Maybe he needs a cognitive test, like the 3 his boss has had to undergo recently?
We'd be in a lot more trouble, if Todd was any good at this stuff.
This guy is so far up Trump's ass, he can see Mar-a-Lago from Washington DC.
ID for voting is fine as long as it’s provided FREE of charge. Everyone should be automatically registered to vote upon turning 18 years old and Election Day should be a national holiday! And voting should be mandatory unless you are in the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital, giving birth, or dead
The day I have to show ID to walk into a restaurant is the day I decide to never go out to eat again. . .
Serious question. Is there anyone in the Trump regime with an I.Q. in the triple digits?
@muellershewrote.com funny little factoid…did you know the word “vote” appears multiple times in our Constitution. The word “gun”?? Zero
That's the thing. Not only do you NOT have to show it for the activities they list, those activities are NOT listed in the Constitution. Maga has no clue what is actually written in the Constitution except for "muh guns".
60 years ago. No wait, they didn't ask for an ID then either, and I was 16. The venue was a casino at Lake Tahoe and the drink was a vodka tonic.
He’s eating dinner at a strip joint?
Republicans think you have to show ID to enter a restaurant because they tend to go to strip clubs for meals.
Trump has said that you have to show your identification to purchase groceries in a store. Now Todd Blanche says you have to show your ID to walk into a restaurant. It shows that they have absolutely zero clue how Americans live. Has Donald Trump himself ever purchased a single tank of gas? Ever?
Not to mention they already check ID to vote and already did this round of demanding everyone get 'Real ID' and show the same information to get *that* and that was supposed to solve everything but apparently now it doesn't even count?
Why do they always have to lie about the reasons behind their policies? 🧐
In the Third Reich, they created the Judenstern to make them visible and open for harassment through everyone. After that, they added more symbols for the inmates of the Concentration Camps and Prisons: Political Opponents, Homosexual, Sinti and Roma.
Nothing anyone in this regime says is true. They have zero credibility.
Yea we gotta keep a tight leash on these Nazis or they would be worse, like a runaway train. Give the Nazis hell.
Blanche: "There's a lot of things we can be doing, like voter ID. Every time you walk into a restaurant you have to show ID. How about you have to show your idea to vote? That's not anything that's crazy."
Why can’t she just ask “WTF are you talking about?”
Every time you walk into a restaurant??? Does this administration have anyone grounded in how the real world works???? Anyone???
Who shows a fkng ID to go into a restaurant????
Everyone agrees that they have to show IDs when they go into restaurants. Except for people who have gone into restaurants.
I have never had to show my ID in a restaurant. If Mr. Blanche does maybe he stiffed the restaurant?
Is he confusing a club with a restaurant? If so, someone needs to ask what kind of club he's going to for lunch. I can only think of one type of club that's open in the middle of the day. 🤔
I hate ID checks in restaurants. The screening at KFC is a bitch. Cracker Barrel only accepts government photo IDs.
Senile Satan said we must show ID to buy groceries also. These traitors are reading off a script.
“Can I see some ID?” “ID?!?” “Sir. This is an Arby’s.”
I never had to show ID to go to a restaurant.
Why is the acting AG making political comments?
Every restaurant?! So I guess *no one* brings their kids, or do the kids have to have ID as well? How about newborns? 🤬 They really think we’re THAT stupid?!
I've never had to show ID in a restaurant, aside from ordering alcohol. Now that I'm >50 I don't even get carded for that, much, anymore. Didn't Trump blather on about having to show ID to buy groceries, a few years back? This is what happens when we have "leaders" who don't live in the real world.
WTF is this fool talking about? The restaurants at Mar-a-Lago?
What makes me mad are the mandatory cavity searches at restaurants.
I picked up takeout at my favorite neighborhood Chinese restaurant last night and didn’t show ID! Did I/they break some law or something?
They're carding your dates, Old Sport... not you.
I've eaten in restaurants all over the world, from Michelin-starred fine-dining & greasy spoons, city centres & rural backwaters, beachside & mountainside. I have never, ever, not one single time, been asked for ID to be able to eat there. What the fuck is this witless twat blethering on about?
What kind of 'restaurants' is this guy visiting?
What world do these people live in?
Fine, so give everyone free ID.
How does the person interviewing not stop him right there and say, "that's bullshit."
He needs to get out of politics and become a comedian. His anecdotes are so ridiculous that they are actually funny.
I’m sure we’ve all had that frustrating experience of walking into restaurants & not being able to eat bc we don’t have the proper ID. I hate when that happens! If only we could do something like register to eat in restaurants ahead of time so we wouldn’t have to repeatedly show our ID each time.
Wtf is he talking about? I've never had to show my ID walking into a restaurant in my entire life.
What restaurants are you going to that you have to show ID???
Does Blanche eat at strip clubs?
How about you stfu, Todd? Welker, just stop.
Dude must eat at a strip club
Literally the ONLY times in my life that I've been asked for ID in a restaurant involved me getting something alcoholic and the server either suspected I was too young OR they'd just had a visit by the ABC and were carding everyone If you're not ordering something boozy they're not gonna ask for ID
Competent interviewer: "What did you say?" IT'S NOT HARD KRISTEN.
These rich people are SO clueless. It’s another example of why we need to tax them into understanding. They clearly aren’t living in the real world.
She didn't push back on that statement? Is she a substitute journalist filling in for a real journalist?
Weird. I literally just ate breakfast at a restaurant and did not show my ID.
Never ever have shown ID in a restaurant this is really crazy talk
I have to show ID to register to vote. Then I have to sign my name before I vote in person or sign my mail in ballot. It has to match. Voter fraud is not a factor in changing the outcome of us elections. GOP voter suppression is
I have never once shown my ID to walk into a restaurant … and the interviewer knows this and doesn’t say anything …
Apparently Blanche only frequents bars?
Restaurants asking for ID? Well, I guess this shows the type of restaurants he attends. I've never heard of any. This clown show is unbelievable.
Todd Todd Todd, you lying stupid fuk, in my many decades on this rock, I have never once had to show my ID at ANY restaurant. A bar or two, in younger years. But NEVER once in a restaurant. Enjoy gargling those orange smelly testicles of your boss man, biotch
Now they want you to believe restaurants have bouncers?
Why does nobody correct them on this shit
Their fake examples of when ID has to be shown are getting worse.
Only kids get id to determine their drinking age when ordering alcohol. Everyone else doesn't.
So they've moved from "you need ID to shop a grocery store" to you need it for restaurants, lol. Continual evidence that these people are completely out of touch lying liars.
I assume it would be stupid to expect that she pushed back.
I have never had to show my ID to enter a restaurant
I'm guessing he eats at strip clubs?
What a stupid thing to say. Geezus.
Again, this is how out of touch this administration is. Maybe YOU Todd, frequent restaurants, clubs, bars, etc., where you need to pull out your ID often. But most of us regular folks, going to Red Robin on a Wednesday with our kids, are not. So, get fucked. We are not a show your ID country.
Kristen Welker is worthless. Tim Russert (RIP) would not have just accepted Blanche's delusional lies, and even Chuck Todd would have pushed back.
When Todd Blanche was Trump's defense attorney, I thought, "Well, even the worst are entitled to a defense in this country." But since he joined the Trump admin, it's crystal clear that Todd Blanche is a thoroughly corrupt POS.
People who aren't alcoholics built like twelve year olds are confused
I have never been asked to show my ID to eat at a restaurant. Yes when I was younger, I would occasionally get carded to purchase an alcoholic drink, but not to sit down to eat. These clowns are ridiculous!
It’s actually wild how successful someone can be in Republican politics when their sole qualification is zero ethics whatsoever.
I was halfway down the Sizzler salad bar when security asked me for my ID
World-class lying dipshit. Ought to be 86d from the DOJ. Charging Comey, but says no one else will be charged for 8647. Make it make sense. You can’t. Absolutely vindictive prosecution. We never needed voter id before. No widescale fraud every proven. All just bullshit from a whining loser.
Provide Free ID to everyone
Wait... does this guy only eat at bars?
McDonald’s is the worst - they require two IDs
Waffle House can be bribed🤣
Black is white. Up is down. Orwell was right. The utterly nonsensical ridiculousness of this would be amusing were it not intended for such devious means.
Tell me you're a three martini lunch guy without tellling me you're a three martini lunch guy.
Do interviewers not listen to what the person says?
Did these people go to Restaurants? I used to work in Restaurants in New York City for years and no one was ever asked for ID except to get a drink. Is that what he means?
Waffle House checks for missing teeth and tattoos in addition to photo ID.
No clue how real life works. None at all.
Has This Guy Ever Been To A Restaurant ?
I never had to show an ID, when I entered a restaurant. WTH is he talking about?
Actually that is absolutely crazy. No one shows ID at a restaurant. No one.
I have never had to show my ID when walking into a restaurant, but I have ALWAYS had to show my ID when I vote. Something tells me 'Squire' Blanche only dines in Country Clubs and has never voted; probably isn't even registered to vote.
The fuck restaurants that dick going to?
This statement is batshit crazy !
And Kristen says nothing. Corporate owned media. Fuck em all.
Is it standard practice at NBC to never ask any followup questions when a guest says something self evidently insane
The guy probably buys booze every time he goes to the grocery so he *has* to show ID. It’s tiring to ask every time we read a post if the MAGA talker actually is stupid enough to believe this crap or if they know they’re lying and do it on purpose.
Just once. Just ONCE. I need an interviewer to look a bald-faced lying Republican straight in their arrogant faces and ask: “What the fuck are you talking about?” Even if this disingenuous fucker is talking getting a drink in restaurants, they aren’t asking for ID for anyone over 40. Pathetic.
Where the hell do you present ID to eat at a restaurant?
Now he's campaigning. Got his cut and paste talking points from red state fascists.
Someone’s asking him for id when he goes out to a restaurant or out clubbing? He can definitely pass for 21! Who is he with?
To be fair, he only goes into bars
What restaurants is HE going to?
Eh, in over 20 countries across the world including the US I have never been asked for ID. What dodgy fucking establishments is he frequenting?
😆 which restaurants is he going to?
Soulless shell of a human being; anything to stay in power.
Did she have to leave it there?
You have to pay for a gd ID, or a DL for that matter. Not everyone has one of these, as their possession is not mandated of any citizen. This ‘requirement’ will be both a poll tax, and a way to suppress voters.
These people are all just spoiled fail-ups who know exactly nothing about normal life.
That's a very odd claim. Has he only ever been to restaurants on secure military bases or similar?
Well that's just a lie. There has never been anyone in history carded by a restaurant that wasn't also a bar.
Yep, every time I go to McDonalds, I’m asked to show my ID, and my kids get refused service because they’re too young to have them. Happy Meals are a lie.
He’s probably talking about strip clubs that sell food.
I’m old enough that even the bartenders stopped carding me about 15 years ago.
W T A F is he talking about?
Truly the worst people to breathe oxygen.
every time you walk into a restaurant you have to show ID?? Really??? What kind of shithole country does he live in?
We already show ID when we vote in person and mail in ballots from your State have verified ID and signature
I have never shown ID at a restaurant.
That's the most ridiculous thing I've 'heard' ~ today.
What kind of restaurant is he going to, just Mar-a-Logo? I never had to use my id for a restaurant. Sad. Such nonsense.
How many days left until he has to go? We know they will push it to the final date or violate - but let’s see all these magat legislators go on record of confirming dump’s mob-esque fixer.
I have had to show a form ID to vote in 7 different states over the years. If you’ve lived in the same place for many years you probably know your local poll workers by name. This whole issue of voting fraud is voter intimidation in of itself.
What restaurant he going to?
Not everyone has lunch at the strip club, Todd.
Most people don’t drink all their meals of Scotch, Bourbon or Beer like Blanche, Hegseth & Patel This cabinet only goes to restaurants that also serve alcohol & Blanche thinks he’s still youthful looking to get carded. Logic, math & real world issues are lacking in this administration.
These Fucking people. I swear to god.
No, Blanche, the places you're thinking about & have clearly gone to innumerable times may serve food, but they aren't "restaurants" if you're being carded before you go inside🥴
The language he uses is Trumpian. It sounds very strange to everyone except Trump lol @jenpsaki.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social
Blanche is lying again. I have only had to show ID in a restaurant a few times, when drinking an alcoholic beverage.
Utter rubbish and I will repeat: this guy is a liar and bad faith actor. Stop pretending he is otherwise by inviting him onto these shows.
Forced to show ID at a restaurant? Yeah, that's not at all crazy...
How do ignorant fuckers like this manage to survive day to day in this world? Can he even name the restaurant he had to show ID to get into recently, or does he think a strip joint is a legit restaurant because they have bowls of Peanuts at the bar?
Who fucking shows their ID at a restaurant?
Show your ID to go into a restaurant? Name one. We’re being governed by complete morons. More likely though, they think American’s are complete morons who will fall for their BS lies.
Where the f*ck are you eating?
Blanche apparently only goes to restaurants with Happy Hours.
Do these folks ever listen to themselves?
The only places you have to present ID to be served is places that sell liquor and have cover charges, sooo
Trump says you have to show ID at grocery stores and now this idiot says restaurants.
If you skip the bar, you don't have to show ID.
We went out to eat last night, not one of us had to show id to anyone, even when we ordered drinks (grey hair club)
wtf restaurant is in your world Todd?
I had to show ID to register to vote. I registered at the DMV. How is that not showing ID to vote?
What? I understand Trump never goes to restaurants, but I thought Blanche did.
You have to show ID when you walk into a restaurant.... when did this start?
Went to a restaurant last night. No ID necessary.
that’s not an i.d. the restaurant is looking for, it’s a credit card
What restaurants is he going to, anyway???
As usual, MAGA promotes lies. MAGA is always wrong.
JFC these people are fucking insane
Show just one restaurant. One! Thought not.
Again more shit pie for #MAGA They are the dumbest
Yeah, the last time I walked into a McDonalds I had to show my passport. Who is this stupid f:/k?
I recently lost my job as Chili’s ID checker, so thanks for reminding me, Todd
Do any of these stupid asswipes EVER think before opening up their pie holes
Can’t tell you the last time I’ve been ID’ed at a restaurant. I fuckin wish
Went to a restaurant just last night: no ID necessary, not when I ordered wine or paid via bank card
He really wants to be the Child Rapist's number one guy at the DOJ- He's speaking Diddler chatter. In any other timeline, he's the guy handing a free coffee coupon and spewing the company line. Such a rambling bunch of stubbornly bad liars.
Yeah, I got carded at Cracker Barrel just yesterday. What a fucktard!!
Andrew Weissmann has the solution: make it illegal to claim you won an election that you lost. Occam’s razor.
I’ve never shown my ID in a restaurant. Your ID proves who you are, when you register to vote.
It’s true. I won’t go to subway anymore because they carded me. Oh wait, it’s because their food sucks. Nevermind.
I’ve been on earth for almost 50 years and I’ve only ever had to show ID at a restaurant when I was ordering alcohol. And I haven’t been asked to do that for at least 10 years now.
I use a fake ID to get the Crunchwrap Supreme
The flag pins are getting larger.
The key word is “acting” He seems to violate any principle of law as well as simple truths
I've never shown my id at at a restaurant.
in the famous words of the NRA. because going into a restaurant or driving a car is not enshrined into the constitution. yeah i know.. Time to suspend the constitution... again. Great. Make it a passport while we are at it.. see how many red states Suddenly turn blue. guess who has passports todd
Usually Trumpers ask to see Barbie Fan Club or Hello Kitty ID's before having sex, so....
"Every time you walk into a restaurant you have to show ID" Tell me you're an alcoholic without saying "I'm an alcoholic".
Yup, every time you go in a Chipotle .. ID is out ..
DC McDonalds are not playing!
Maybe if you order alcohol lmao, these people have absolutely no idea how the world works
Last time I want to a real restaurant, I did not have to show ID upon walking in. And I didn't drink alcohol, so I did not have to show ID at all. Weird how their only experience of restaurants seems to be bars.
I don’t need ID at the restaurants I go to. Must live in a crazy place.
Does Blanche show his passport? Think not.
Land of the free, my ass.
Never, ever been asked for ID at a restaurant
I kind of question any interview that doesn’t have a follow up to, “You have to show ID to walk in a restaurant.”
These guys are making the job of making fun of them too easy
Maybe he goes to restaurants where you pay $100 for a glass of champagne for a brand new lady friend.
Where does he eat? A strip club?
we already show our id to go vote, having to show a fucking passport is insanity
How does this nonsense get a free pass? Like Trump’s “you have to show ID to buy bread” lunacy.
He means the bar he goes to every night
The same asshole who asks reporters for respect when taking questions has no trouble shovelling BS, guilt-free.
They don't let you eat endangered animals without making sure you're who you say you are.
You have to show an ID to buy groceries! They might be foreshadowing here...
This is the Trump lie that he also repeats over and over again.
It’s Welker. If you’ve come for journalism, I’ve got some…ahem…bad news for you… 😏
He just goes to strip clubs apparently.
One thing is clear, neither Todd Blanch nor his interviewer have ever been to a restaurant. I'm doubtful they've ever been outside of their homes, except to go to TV studios.
Maybe he’s saying this because he only eats at bars and looks like 3 kids stacked up in a trenchcoat
I went to a restaurant last night, even ordered alcohol, and never once showed my ID.
Are these interviewers deaf? They always allow these insane responses without followup. Its their job to point stupid shit out
Particularly since these are the people who told me if I can't disassemble and assemble an assault weapon blindfolded, I am unqualified to speak on gun control.
Where TF is he eating? We’re doing dinner and theater Tuesday. I better bring my passport.
Blanche’s carefully honed, naive, questioning tone is so off-putting.
I didn't know Costco is a restaurant.
Well…..maybe she was afraid of the response. bsky.app/profile/robi...
Same. It’s like everyone is okay with delusions. Or lies.
Follow up question, as if.
This went right over the interviewers head. None of them listen to the answers to their questions...
I’ve been saying this for a long time…. bsky.app/profile/clay...
He probably frequents those high security fugu joints they have in D.C.
You have to play a game of hopscotch before getting your driver’s license. This is not crazy.
Zero pushback from Kristen Welker when Todd Blanche said you have to show your ID every time you walk into a restaurant. What a joke.
@kwelkernbc.bsky.social is just a fucking joke She's nowhere near being a journalist No idea how she got that job She makes Chuck Todd look like an ace...
When Tim Russert died, so did the Sunday morning newsmagazine shows.
I wonder if the reason he thinks everyone gets carded is bc he is buying drinks for dates that are 13?
What restaurants does she eat at...they seem to hang at bars🤓🤓🤓
Welker is not a journallst She is a "media moderator" whose first and only duty is to maintain access which translates to TV ad revenue
She is one of worst hosts!
BECAUSE HE ALWAYS ORDERS ALCOHOL
The Sunday shows are all COMPLICIT
Maybe the "restaurants" he visits require a special knock, a password, and something incrimating before they let you in.
Kristen Welker isn't a real journalist she just plays one on TV.
The Press is owned by the billionaires that are hell bent on dismantling our government., cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-d...
Kristen Welker is useless. A cat, any cat, could do a better job of interviewing.
Also, it’s not a question of ID, it is the proof of citizenship that is the new requirement. Conveniently, they never mention that.
Kristen Welker is a Republican DEI hire…… not fit to take notes from “Tim Russert” …….. she was and is…. Andrea Mitchell’s protege and stooge…… kind of like Gillibrand and Schumer…… “Oh Hell No” to Gillibrand