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🧵 Do Americans know what they’re getting with Trump’s crusade to require proof of citizenship to vote? It’s not as simple as showing a photo ID. Here’s what you need to know👇

(2/9) Republicans keep peddling the claim that proving citizenship at the polls is not a big deal. But there are only two documents that do so for someone born in the United States: an unexpired passport or an original or certified copy of a birth certificate.

(3/9) Driver’s licenses – even REAL IDs – do not prove citizenship. Only five states — Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont and Washington — issue Enhanced Driver's Licenses that are restricted to U.S. citizens.

(4/9) Only about half of Americans even have a passport. And Black Americans have much lower rates of holding passports than White Americans. This is not a coincidence. This is a way for Trump to disadvantage one of the most loyal groups of Democratic voters.

(5/9) Not everyone in the U.S. has a birth certificate, either. Older voters are less likely to have been born in a hospital, where they would have received an official birth certificate. And older Black voters who were born in the Jim Crow South were oftentimes excluded from hospitals.

(7/9) Once again, this is not a coincidence. It is another way for Trump and the Republican Party to disadvantage a group of voters who are more likely to vote for Democrats.

(8/9) Trump and Republicans’ goal is not just to keep non-citizens from voting. It’s to keep Democrats, lawful U.S. citizens and eligible voters from casting a ballot. The fact that it’s confusing is the point. The fact that it requires voters to jump through multiple hoops is part of the strategy.

(9/9) The fight for free and fair elections is the fight of our generation. Stay informed – and help us stand up to Trump: