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Congressman's Voter ID comment goes viral

The interview has been retweeted more than 400 times.

By: Bridget Shanahan

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In an interview with TODAY'S TMJ4 Tuesday night, Wisconsin Congressman Glenn Grothman made some controversial remarks about voter ID.

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Since then, the video has been retweeted more than 500 times from the TODAY'S TMJ4 Twitter page and has been picked up by several national news outlets.

WATCH: @RepGrothman says voter ID will help GOP nom win Wisconsin in November: https://t.co/ynwNWDUXsB #Decision2016 pic.twitter.com/Uh005HtZKL
— TODAY'S TMJ4 (@tmj4) April 6, 2016

When reporter Charles Benson asked if a Republican can win the presidential election in November, Grothman said:

"Well I think Hillary Clinton is about the weakest candidate that the Democrats have ever put up and now we have photo ID. I think photo ID is going to make a little bit of a difference as well."

Many are wondering what exactly he meant when he made those comments. Here's what some people on Twitter are saying:

@tmj4 @RepGrothman Confirmed our suspicion: The *real* purpose of the new Wisconsin voter ID law is to keep Democrats from voting.
— Eliza (@ElizKind) April 6, 2016

@tmj4 @RepGrothman true makes it harder for democrats to cheat
— U.S lost it's mind (@CudahyGal) April 6, 2016

@tmj4 @neeratanden @RepGrothman Another sign of voter suppression.
— Damon Bethea (@damonbethea1) April 6, 2016

These accusations have long been made about the voter ID law -- that it's simply a Republican attempt to keep Democrats from the polls. Republicans maintain it simply cuts down on fraud.

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