Rick Brattin (r) [2025 file photo].

Speaking of nuts…

Rick Brattin for Missouri
[February 14, 2026]

The same party who for the past decade couldn’t even define what a woman was, and let lunatic men into girls locker rooms are now claiming that showing an ID to vote is an attack on women…? NUTS!
#SAVEAct

There is no mercy in some of the responses:

If I were an elected I would not choose to toil my days away fighting with people online about non-existent problems I’ve made up in my head.
I would spend time with people I loved and listen to my community without speaking to learn and grow as a person.
The only thing stronger than hate is love.

yes but Rick won’t do that because his heart is filled with Christian hate. There is no capacity for love in his world, other than for white nationalist people who fit inside his circle.
There’s no God in the universe, that would support his version of Christian hate. But he remains ignorantly, unaware and proud of it.
thank you for standing up against the bigotry, racism, misogyny, and xenophobia of this man and others.👍👍

but he’s obsessed with other people’s genitals and sex lives, so he has to have an outlet…

I 100 % agree with you!!! I’m tired of the disinformation and falsehoods that he and others from that party spews. I want elected officials to work to improve lives not be decisive!!

I’m confused?? Are you promoting having “nuts”? Seems like it.

It appears so. What a strange Valentine’s post.

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What do you call an act that will increase the work load for women disproportionately over men? You wanna make it so ALL US citizens need to carry a passport or their broth certificates, marriage certificates and any divorce decrees to prove citizenship(regardless of name change) then it will be equal. Otherwise yeah. It affects women more and gives us even MORE to do and potentially includes a poll tax.

Rick Brattin for Missouri
You have to have this stuff in order to drive to your polling location, open a bank account, write a check, do your taxes and so on and so forth. It’s your responsibility to have your affairs in order, ID is required for women to buy a firearm to protect themselves, should we eliminate that requirement?

This is an outright voter suppression bill, and you know it is-I have voted for 40 years and have yet to see anyone who was not registered vote-including undocumented immigrants. This an outright poll tax-o you believe Immigrants go to polling places pretending to be someone, then when the real voter shows up, what happens? though some cities allow noncitizens to vote on some local elections. Experts have long insisted that noncitizen voting is a rare problem. Voter roll audits before the 2024 elections in Georgia found only 20 registered noncitizens out of 8.2 million registered voters statewide. Republicans are deliberately timing the change in voter rules before consequential midterm elections.
Republicans will stop at nothing to interfere with the 2026 midterms — including leveraging ICE to gain access to sensitive voter information or pass their anti-democratic SAVE Act,”

sure and if you can’t realize that this is a time and energy tax on women that men don’t have and how that will affect women getting to the polls you live in a world defined by your male privilege. Be open to listening to women about their experiences.

NO! I use a driver’s license to open a bank account—I have NEVER used a passport. Cut the maga BS crap. You know how I also know that passports are not required—my late mother never had one—and she had multiple accounts. I need a driver’s license now to vote and have done so for three decades! You Republicans are trying to obfuscate the facts.

no did you read the bill. I need my DL thats to do those things. And my DL is not acceptable proof of citizenship only residency.

Look in the mirror.

And yet, men will not need to have any of this to register to vote. THAT IS THE POINT.

Actually, it’s nothing like those examples you site, because you don’t have to show multiple forms of ID. We already are required to show identification to vote. You are adding more documents to prove citizenship. Not to mention, illegal voting is minuscule. This law is directed at keeping people that don’t vote Republican out of the polls.

there it is. Can’t come up with a reasoned response so defaults like a robot to a stupid prompt “wUT iS A WomAn?” Idiot.

I absolutely do not have to have my (with official seals) birth certificate, marriage license, any divorce papers, or even a ‘Real ID’ to open a bank account, do my taxes, write a check, or open a credit account.
Why are you lying? Is that a GOP thing?
It is absolutely a poll tax which goes against the US Constitution. But the GOP wants to destroy that. How do I know? Their actions and their words.

that’s your response to legitimate concerns. Are you a child? My preteen is a kinder human.

are you serious? Are you a child? Are you going to say “your mom” or 6/7 now? My God, how embarrassing!

I used my driver’s license to get a bank account. No other document required.
True, I had to gather several documents recently for real ID, but since I did that, please explain why it’s not good enough to register to vote?
I have all the documents now but getting them in a timely way wasn’t easy nor without financial cost. I’ve encouraged every woman I know getting married since this nonsense came out, including my own DIL, not to take their husband’s name.
Too much bureaucracy from the party of smaller government required.

you keep forgetting the poll tax part. Either you dont know the constitution or you cherry pick the parts you like.

where do you bank at that doesn’t require an ID? Poll tax? Now you are grasping for straws.🤡

So now you’re going to shame women who choose to change their last name? Interesting.
Anyway, a marriage license isn’t on the list of acceptable forms of additional identification in this bill. Surely you read the actual bill and are not just regurgitating nonsense from “politicians” like Mr. Brattin, right? Right??

You don’t have to have a birth certificate with your married name on it or a passport to do those things. A lot of fools in your party are actually pushing for no ids to buy firearms. You are just straight up lying to people’s faces here and it’s just embarrassing.

not one of those items including the Missouri Real Id prove citizenship. All of those items prove identity, not the same and you know it.

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Women have been changing their names on ID’s for decades. It’s never been a problem. In fact, I went to the courthouse yesterday and got a copy of my birth certificate and both marriage licenses just in case I decide to get Real ID. It took less than 10 minutes. I absolutely don’t know why women think this is something that married women haven’t been doing all along. I can only guess that someone told them they needed to be mad about it and pretend it was something new and difficult to do. As a women, It’s embarrassing that women act so uneducated and helpless about something they’ve been doing for decades. It’s actually the men who probably have no idea of how to go about changing their name. Embrace it as a teaching moment for them.

This has been another edition of My Circumstances and Experiences Always Apply to Everyone Else.

how nice for you. I had to drive 6 hrs RT and take time off my then hourly job to get mine or wait 6-10 weeks; my state of birth doesn’t have centralized records. I had to drive another 5 hr RT in a different direction to get my marriage licenses. I was finally able to spend some $$ to get multiple certified copied. Not everyone can do that.
Just because something is easy for you doesn’t mean it is for everyone.

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It’s about federal overreach into states.
It’s about the constitution.

Rick Brattin for Missouri
There are parameters placed on federal elections, for instance the ADA and others, all of which have been held constitutional. You have to show ID, prove citizenship, and get a federal background check in order to exercise another constitutional right if I’m not mistaken?

What about the sections of the United States Constitution that outline how voting works?
There are not that many states that don’t require ID. I don’t have an issue with ID. I have an issue with federal government overreach.
We watched the federal government call states to tell them to ignore their constitutions and gerrymander in the middle of a decade. More government overreach.
Missourians are adamantly opposed to Fed government overreach and that’s why we let the politicians use millions of our tax dollars every year to tell the federal government to stay out of our business. We elect representatives who don’t bow down to the demands of the federal government. Why aren’t you doing that?

Rick Brattin for Missouri
The constitution requires that the election is held by the individual states , not that parameters of the election cannot be placed to ensure that rampant fraud from one state can cancel out the voices of other states. Just like the aforementioned ADA requirements to ensure easy access, but ensuring that only citizens vote across the nation or that blanket voter fraud isn’t occurring by simple presentation of ID isn’t some onerous overreach by the feds

Where is the mass voter fraud? The GOP spent millions of dollars, audited, states, etc. Mike Lindell drove his company into bankruptcy, trying to prove it. Media agencies did not prove the fraud they said happened. This involves thousands of investigators desperate to prove massive voter fraud and putting thousands of hours into trying.
Years ago Ken Paxton of Texas started offering $1 million to prove Trump lost due to fraud and he still has the money.
This is a push to nationalize elections under the false pretense of mass voter fraud.
Many states have implemented new voting restriction since 2020. The federal government should be happy with that and mind their own business.

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lying, liar says what? Go grift somewhere else.

If you make people pay for it, it’s illegal. If the government already knows who is and isn’t a citizen, why doesn’t the government provide its citizens a voter id? Nobody would ever argue against that. But, of course, that would not lead to the voter suppression that the gop so desperately desires!

Lots of fraud in Missouri, huh? Only way I can explain your multiple re-elections. Thankfully, those days are over now.

Heh.

The only fraud is whatever gerrymandered district you represent.

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That’s a stupid Charlie Kirk talking point. Why do you concern yourself so much with other’s genitals?

Rick Brattin for Missouri
Says the party of slavery, segregation, Jim Crow, eugenics, mass murder of children. Cool talking point bro

Stop obsessing over others genitals, bro.

Haven’t seen a President from that party put a Black couple’s faces on ape bodies, though, so that’s kind of a weird talking point, bro.

how are you this big of an idiot?? 😂

You forget the entire chapter in middle school history class that covers party switch? Or are you being disingenuous on purpose? We aren’t stupid

Kids, don’t fall asleep in school.

You do realize that eventually the two parties basically switched sides on these subjects, don’t you? Democrats are now the party of freedom and upholding the Constitution. Of ensuring equal rights for all. Republicans are concerned with controlling everyone who doesn’t fit their idea of white and Christian. Although for them this includes a leader who is orange, degrades women, assaults women, makes fun of the disabled, commits fraud and grift to enrich himself daily, illegally imprisons immigrants and citizens, and protects child sex predators. I am a PROUD Democrat!

Someone didn’t finish reading their history book…

I wonder why the Trump administration wants to take down signs explaining the history of slavery. Must be because they are big Democrats!

Apparently he missed the 1960s history of LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act and The Voting Rights Act followed by the Nixon Southern Strategy in 1968. Perhaps he didn’t read Project 2025. Oh well.

quick! back at the time of the Civil war, were Republicans liberal or conservative in their ideology?

says a man who clearly doesn’t know history.

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Well it is, who were the ones who changed last names that now don’t match birth certificates-WOMEN!!

Rick Brattin for Missouri
Uh, you don’t change your name on your birth certificate…ever… this is standard operating procedure for marriage for a century. Lol

Uh…

just stop. Isn’t there something that you can lecture about for men?

Can you read? She is saying when you change your last name, it no longer matches your birth certificate.
You made a poor argument, and now you are trying to argue with people because your reading comprehension skills are non-existent. Hilarious.

are you purposefully being obtuse?? My birth certificate has my birth name. Since I am a married woman since 1981, my birth certificate does not match my driver’s license which has my marriage name. This seems like you either don’t understand how it worked for women or you don’t give a darn, or you’re drunk on orange koolaid. If you are unable to represent all Missouri citizens, especially women, you should resign!!

Dear Rick:
Might I suggest more reading comprehension.
Fact: women who get married change their last names to match their spouse. This would not be the same as the name on their birth certificate. Unless of course; they marry themselves.

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The only people the “save” act will prevent from voting are American Citizens who have been legally voting for decades. Non-citizens already don’t vote in our elections. So this addresses a problem that doesn’t exist.

We’ve been sharing bathrooms with trans people for decades. Why it’s suddenly an issue is beyond me.

Stop relying on rhetorical fallacies to make your arguments.
Last time I checked, most men don’t change their last name when they get married. So, yes, it would disproportionately affect women in a negative way.

It isn’t just an ID. We already do that in MO. This is a poll tax, and absolutely will disenfranchise voters. Y’all really should think about this…more Democrat voters than Republican voters are passport holders.

Why is the trump administration ordering public libraries to stop processing passports?

Make it more difficult to get a passport, no passport, no voting. Simple.

Imagine the guy who doesn’t respect the votes of women. Wants to further make it more difficult for them to vote with the save act.

hiya. Missouri voter here. I had my original (1960s) birth certificate. Because the seal was no longer raised ( 60 year old paper, you know?) I had to obtain an replacement from my birth state. I had to pay expedited fee, since I didn’t expect my original to be refused.
Had my marriage certificate, social security card, utility bill ( a little tough in these days is e-payments) and the previously mentioned ORIGINAL birth certificate.
$60 for new certificate.
It’s a poll tax to keep women from voting.

My original ” birth certificate” was considered a registration of birth and had to pay the town for an embossed birth certificate but then my driver’s license didn’t match my birth certificate so I had to bring in my marriage certificate. All so I could pay the DMV for an enhanced license. Then I had to pay again to get a passport ID for citizenship. 🤔am I legal now? Was i illegal before? 😆

Is this your campaign platform? Is this your agenda? Is this your message? Is this your pledge of service to your constituents? Is this what you bring to the table?

Yes. This has been another edition of Short Answers to Simple Questions.

Rick Brattin ~ you are very mis-informed about women & name changes…..let me state a fact for you. I was adopted, I do not have an official Birth Certificate & my original Birth name is on it along with my biological parents names. Let me stress again…..I was adopted & given a new name, my lifelong name until I married, once, twice, three times. How many names is that? I have a Real ID on my driver’s license. I had to produce paperwork to get that. Now explain to me, what do I use to vote. I have voted for all of my adult life by producing my driver’s license. To force me to procure additional ID to vote or pay for that procurement is a poll tax. You know it & I know it. Believe me, many of us seniors do not have the money to acquire a passport. Again, if we do & pay for a passport, that is a poll tax. Missouri needs to focus on the REAL problems this state has rather than trying to belittle women.

The SAVE Act is voter suppression. Pure and simple. Voter fraud has been proven, again and again, to be negligible. The numbers affected by the SAVE act would be considerable. This is the polar opposite of election integrity. An un-American perversion of our electoral system. Even if the obstacles are not insurmountable, they remain obstacles. Some people, inevitably, will fail to surmount them. Result: the electorate is distorted far more than by the minuscule amount of fraud that exists. Shame on everyone who supports this bs.

Tell us you don’t know how the constitution works……

Curious what any of that has to do with serving Missouri?
You make up issues to find solutions to things that aren’t really problems. You followed the party script perfectly.

What a crayon eater.

Paste, too, probably.

Rick Brattin (r) [2013 Show Me Progress file photo].