Last week brought several developments regarding Democrats on election integrity, demonstrating the party is falling into disarray over what is a widely supported issue for Americans. Some were not shocking, such as a lawsuit from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. Others were a bit surprising, like strategist James Carville coming out in support of voter ID. Tony Kinnett, host of The Tony Kinnett Cast discussed the “rather spicy” election integrity news on last Thursday’s show. Shapiro did not take too well to a request from the Department of Homeland Security for voter data, despite news that broke earlier that week of a scandal in neighboring New Jersey with noncitizens being registered to vote and even casting ballots. Shapiro’s lawsuit came on Thursday, along with a post from the governor mocked by Kinnett. BREAKING: I’m suing the Trump Administration for holding millions of public safety dollars hostage in an attempt to take control of our elections.Donald Trump is actively threatening the safety of our communities and withholding resources from our law enforcement officers and…— Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) July 23, 2026 Via an executive order from President Donald Trump, states must submit voter rolls so that DHS and the Department of Justice can ensure that felons, dead people, not yet naturalized citizens, and others who shouldn’t be voting, such as illegal immigrants, weren’t on the rolls. Shapiro’s post claimed that “public safety dollars” were being held “hostage” by the Trump administration in “an attempt to take control of our elections.” As Kinnett explained, the federal government can withhold funds for failure to follow standards. Kinnett took particular issue with how Shapiro claimed that “Pennsylvanians deserve leaders who protect their safety and right to vote.” “What do you think is going to hurt the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and their voting here?” Kinnett wondered, as he mentioned other states that have complied with the request. This includes his state of Indiana, where people were not thrown off the rolls. “I’m just not seeing the reason for all of the pearl-clutching unless you are worried about something being found on this voter information,” Kinnett added. Kinnett also addressed how Democrats are in disarray over election integrity. “The media is really struggling here because the Democrats are starting to split on this,” Kinnett said, referencing CNN’s Michael Smerconish. On his podcast, Smerconish referenced a January article from The New York Times trying to downplay Trump’s claim about illegal immigrants voting. It was something Smerconish said he had “relied on.” “I can’t say that any longer. I don’t know how often it does happen, but I can’t say any longer this never happens.” Attacks on election integrity are also coming from the far-left wing of the party. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., complained about a bipartisan bill that just passed, the Stop Insider Trading Act, despite how she claims to be against insider trading. Jayapal not only voted against the bill but called it “a weak a– bill” and threw a tantrum over the included voter ID for federal election provisions, claiming it involved “a new, extremely limited set of documents that you would have to provide to vote.” While Jayapal hysterically claimed that this bill “undermines our democracy,” Kinnett argued it “makes it harder for people who aren’t citizens to vote.” But Kinnett isn’t the only one to counter Jaypal. Rather, it’s “from inside the party,” meaning Carville. “He now comes out here to suggest very, very clearly that if you’re against voter ID, you’re kind of really, really stupid because voter ID makes sense,” Kinnett said. A clip of Carville on his podcast acknowledges that “for whatever reason,” support for voter ID polls well. Carville has come out in support of voter ID as he tries to claim the amount of voter fraud is “infinitesimal,” and that “it’s a very minor problem, but you gotta admit it barely exists.” Kinnett said that “even if it’s really, really small they still have to admit it’s there and that’s the point of a law,” adding, “the frequency of a crime does not change whether or not it should be a crime.” With such admissions from Smerconish and Carville, Kinnett offered, “they now have to say that it matters and that it should be a thing” to address voter fraud. “They have to admit that Americans want it.” Kinnett pointed to another example, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., who made news for his opposition to Trump’s remarks earlier this month addressing election security concerns. Last Sunday, Warner appeared on CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” where host Jonathan Karl corrected the senator about Virginia’s voter ID laws. Karl acknowledged Democrats’ opposition to the SAVE America Act, but wanted to specifically address voter ID. In response, Warner tried to claim that “in Virginia, we have voter ID and photo ID” and that he has to show his ID. Karl interrupted him to remind “that’s actually not the case.” Virginia used to have voter ID, but under Democrat Gov. Ralph Northam, with Democrats in control of the legislature, that was repealed in 2020. Karl explained if you don’t have voter ID to show, you have to sign an affidavit, with Kinnett relishing how Warner was “scrambling” while also mocking how relaxed the rules still are.