Only in America Is ‘Are You You?’ a Racist Question...

When even warlords demand proof of identity, maybe it’s time we stop voting on vibes!

We live in a country where you need ID to buy cold medicine, rent a kayak, or return a pair of socks at Target but somehow, asking for it at the ballot box is treated like a hate crime. The same politicians who preach “protect our democracy” are allergic to the most basic adult standard: prove you are who you say you are. Everywhere else on the planet — from France to freakin’ Somalia voter ID is normal. Here? It’s a meltdown.

Somalia Requires Voter ID.

But America Can’t?
Quit Peeing Down My Leg.**

Let me get this straight.

You need an ID to:

Buy beer.
Rent a car.
Board a plane.
Pick up cold medicine.
Adopt a dog.
Return a blender at Target.

But voting for the President of the United States?

Nah.

Too complicated.

Too “oppressive.”

Too “racist.”

According to the professional pearl-clutchers in DC, asking,
“Hey, are you actually you?”

is basically the second coming of Jim Crow.

Which brings us to the funniest, dumbest, most face-palm moment of 2026.

Ilhan Omar says voter ID is “voter suppression.”

Meanwhile…

Her home country…

Somalia just implemented “one person, one vote”… with a voter ID card.

I had to read that twice to make sure I didn’t stroke out.

Somalia.

Not Switzerland.
Not Norway.

Somalia.

Warlords.
Pirates.
Militias.
Goats wandering through intersections.

And even they said:

“Yeah, let’s probably check who people are before they vote.”

Even they figured it out.

Let that sink in

The country the media constantly treats like a humanitarian disaster zone…

has stricter election integrity than the United States.

You cannot make this stuff up.

If it were a sitcom plot, they’d reject it for being too on-the-nose.

But here we are.

America, the land of:

• satellites

• iPhones

• self-driving cars

• same-day Amazon delivery

Apparently cannot handle…

checking an ID.

What are we doing? Voting with vibes now?

“Do you feel like Steve today? Good enough. Here’s a ballot.”

The “suppression” lie is theater

This isn’t about grandma.

This isn’t about race.

This isn’t about access.

This is about loopholes.

Because when you tighten the system…
you close the loopholes.

When you close the loopholes…
you can’t game the system.

And when you can’t game the system…

career politicians start sweating like they just heard the IRS say “audit.”

Funny how that works.

Then you look at the rest of the planet…

Canada requires ID.
The UK requires ID.
France. Germany. Sweden. India. Brazil.

Half the civilized world.

Left countries.
Right countries.
Rich countries.
Poor countries.

Everybody basically agrees on one wildly controversial concept:

The voter should be the voter.

And only in America does that idea trigger a full Broadway production of:

“Democracy Is Dying: The Musical.”

The Part Where the Villagers Grab Pitchforks

This is where I stop pretending this is some elite think-tank policy seminar.

It isn’t.

It’s basic adult life.

Prove you’re you. Then vote.

That’s it.

And yet the usual suspects start shrieking like someone set their Prius on fire.

You know the cast:

The Faculty Lounge Revolutionaries.
The MSNBC Panic Panel.
The “Democracy Is Ending” interns with three nose rings and a TikTok degree.
Career politicians who couldn’t run a lemonade stand without losing the lemons.

Professional victims.
Professional scolds.
Professional excuse-makers.

The “rules are racist” crowd.

These people don’t want secure elections.

They want squishy elections.

Foggy rules.

Soft edges.

Mystery math.

Because fog is where swamp creatures live.

Clear water makes it harder to cheat.

Meanwhile… back on Planet Earth

Somalia said:

“Bring your ID, champ.”

That’s it.

No hysteria.

No crying.

No CNN special.

Just:

“Card please.”

And here we’ve got senators acting like voter ID is equivalent to releasing wolves into the polling place.

It’s performance art.

Bad performance art.

Community theater level.

Here’s the question no one in the media will ask

And you know they won’t.

Because it detonates the whole narrative in one sentence.

“Congresswoman…
if voter ID is racist and oppressive…
why is it normal in literally dozens of other countries… including Somalia?”

Silence.

Crickets.

Commercial break.

Because once that question is asked out loud, the whole scam collapses like a lawn chair.

Bottom line

When Somalia has tighter election rules than the United States…

that’s not compassion.

That’s not progress.

That’s not equity.

That’s incompetence.

Embarrassing, clown-car, nose-honking incompetence.

This isn’t suppression.

It’s competence.

It’s accountability.

It’s the absolute bare minimum you’d expect from a country that calls itself a democracy.

If you have to show ID to fish, fly, cash a check, or buy Sudafed…

you sure as hell should show ID to vote.

Anyone screaming otherwise?

Either lying…

or terrified of a system they can’t game.

And frankly, I’m done pretending not to notice.

Hand me the pitchfork.
I’ll bring the torch.