Phil Mickelson rips 'traitor' Chuck Schumer over SAVE Act criticisms: 'He is not representing America'

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Golfing great Phil Mickelson fired off on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on social media Wednesday over the Democratic leader’s criticisms of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. 

Schumer on Wednesday criticized the Republican-backed legislation, which passed in the House earlier this month. The bill would require voters to obtain proof of citizenship in person before they register for a federal election. 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the U.S. Army's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

It would also remove noncitizens from voter rolls. 

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Schumer criticized the Trump administration and the SAVE Act, calling it the "antithesis of democracy." 

"Donald Trump and Republicans are putting our elections in a vice grip — executive orders from the president on one end, and dangerous legislation from Congress on the other," he said during his speech. "They don't understand the sacredness of elections and keeping them fair. The kind of legislation, the kind of executive orders which are so jaundiced, so slanted on the side of one party, are the antithesis of democracy." 

Phil Mickelson of Hyflyers GC celebrates a birdie on day three of LIV Golf Hong Kong at The Hong Kong Golf Club in Hong Kong on March 9. (Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images)

In a clip of the speech shared by Mickelson on X, Schumer called the bill "dangerous" and "reminiscent of Jim Crow."  

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