Lou Holtz makes stance on non-US citizens voting in elections clear

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College football coaching legend Lou Holtz offered his thoughts about the idea of non-American citizens voting in the upcoming 2024 elections.

Holtz made his remarks Monday on social media days after House Democrats launched an effort to vote against a Republican-backed bill that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship to cast ballots in federal elections.

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Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz listens before being presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Dec, 3, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Republicans are pushing the passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which would amend the National Voter Registration Act and require states to obtain proof of citizenship from voters for federal elections, as well as purge noncitizens from voter rolls. 

Democratic leadership is urging its House members to vote against the bill in the lead-up to the vote, saying it would place "an extreme burden [on] countless Americans" in order to vote.

Holtz made his stance clear in a video posted to X.

"I’m one of these individuals that no matter what’s going on, I want to be part of it. When I go to a wedding, I want to be the grom. I go to a funeral, I want to be the corpse. The list goes on and on. I got to a banquet, I want to be the speaker," he said.

Lou Holtz, head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, looks on before the NCAA Independent Conference college football game against the University of Purdue Boilermakers on Sept. 24, 1988 at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre