Episode Details

On International Women's Day, the President demanded Congress pass the SAVE America Act before he would sign any other legislation, threatening to eliminate mail-in voting for most Americans and requiring proof of citizenship at the polls. These layered restrictions would disproportionately block women, seniors, young voters, low-income communities, and people of color from casting their ballots. Inspired by the statue of suffragist Millicent Garrett Fawcett in Parliament Square and her words "courage calls to courage everywhere," this episode traces the long history of voter suppression and the women who have always fought back against it.

The Breakdown:
Trump refused to sign any bills until Congress passes the most restrictive version of the SAVE America Act, which would gut mail-in voting and require proof of citizenship to register
The bill's layered restrictions function like a Swiss cheese method, stacking barriers that disproportionately affect women, seniors, students, and communities of color
Women are uniquely burdened by name-match and document requirements due to name changes from marriage, divorce, and remarriage
Senator Thom Tillis publicly warned that Stephen Miller holds outsized influence in the White House and is calling the shots across the administration
Anti-transgender language was inserted into a voting bill as a deliberate distraction strategy designed to keep the base from questioning the voter suppression at the heart of the legislation
The fight for voting rights echoes the suffrage movement and the legacy of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, whose campaign for a statue in Parliament Square began exactly ten years ago on International Women's Day

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