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Olive Garden becomes unlikely face of voter ID fight after restaurant’s policy goes viral

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Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Pass has led to a shocking political firestorm in which the restaurant requires photo ID, as conservatives praise the restaurant for taking this initiative.

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16 articles, oldest first.

  1. Not The Bee

  2. Revolver News

  3. BizPac Review

    WH spox points out Olive Garden takes its ‘pasta pass’ security more seriously than Dems do over elections! (opens BizPac Review)

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    Olive Garden isn’t playing when it comes to its pasta deals, and the White House wishes America’s lawmakers would take election integrity as seriously. On the heels […]

  4. New York Post

    Olive Garden becomes unlikely face of voter ID fight after restaurant’s policy goes viral (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Pass has led to a shocking political firestorm in which the restaurant requires photo ID, as conservatives praise the restaurant for taking this initiative.

  5. Fox News

    White House dishes out new election security jab over Olive Garden's pasta pass ID policy (opens Fox News)

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    Olive Garden's Never Ending Pasta Pass requires photo ID, sparking a political firestorm over election security and the SAVE Act's voter ID debate.

  6. AL.com

    Trump spokeswoman’s Olive Garden Pasta Pass-voter ID analogy ripped by critics (opens AL.com)

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    Opponents of the SAVE America Act pointed out one glaring difference between the bill and Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Pass.

  7. Washington Examiner

    Republicans joke Olive Garden’s Never-Ending Pasta Pass requiring photo ID is more secure than elections (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Republicans are giving Democrats a “penne” for their thoughts on voter ID, claiming Olive Garden’s Never-Ending Pasta Pass requires tighter restrictions than U.S. elections. “American elections should not be less secure than Olive Garden’s endless pasta,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said Thursday on X.

  8. Conservative Review

    Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Pass has better security than our elections, Trump team mocks (opens Conservative Review)

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    The Trump administration is slamming the Democratic Party for ensuring our elections are less secure than the Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Pass. White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson appeared on Newsmax on Friday and made the humorous suggestion that Olive Garden's pasta pass has h…

  9. RedState

  10. Conservative Review

    Blue State Elections Require Less Voter ID Than Olive Garden’s Unlimited Pasta Pass (opens Conservative Review)

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    Olive Garden apparently has a stricter identification policy for unlimited pasta than many Democrat-led states have for voting. Olive Garden posted a series of slides on X explaining to customers how to purchase a Pasta Pass.

  11. Washington Times

    Olive Garden's pasta pass ID rule fuels voter ID debate (opens Washington Times)

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    Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Pass has become an unlikely flashpoint in the fight over voter identification, after conservatives seized on the restaurant's ID policy to argue it is more stringent than voting requirements in some states.

  12. The Western Journal

    Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Regulation Becomes Unlikely Election Integrity Rallying Point for Conservatives (opens The Western Journal)

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    The Western Journal's feed description

    Add the Olive Garden Pasta Pass to the list of things more secure than our elections. The popular Italian restaurant chain made an announcement Wednesday via social media platform X […]

  13. Legal Insurrection

    The Olive Garden Pasta Pass Stumbles Into the National Debate Over Voter ID (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    "Finding out that Olive Garden has better security than American elections was not on my bingo card!" The post The Olive Garden Pasta Pass Stumbles Into the National Debate Over Voter ID first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .

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