Olive Garden brought back its Never-Ending Pasta Pass this month. With the promotion come rules: For $100, a guest has access to 13 weeks of all-you-can-eat pasta at any participating location, as long as they present the pass and a photo ID.
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House Republicans have adopted that last detail in their push for stricter national voter ID laws, arguing that if Americans have to show a photo ID to eat never-ending pasta at the chain, they should also be required to show a photo ID to cast a vote.
“Nowadays, if you want to go to Olive Garden and get unlimited pasta, you’ve got to show a picture ID,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) said Tuesday. “This isn’t complicated stuff.”
Republicans have been demanding national voter ID laws as part of the Save America Act, a piece of legislation that would reform elections nationwide and that has the backing of President Donald Trump.
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Other Republicans, including Reps. David Kustoff (Tennessee) and Virginia Foxx (North Carolina), also have cited the Olive Garden talking point this week.
Representatives for Olive Garden did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the chain has stated on X that to access the Never-Ending Pasta deal, customers must present their personalized and non-transferrable pasta pass alongside a photo ID to prevent fraudulent pasta sales.
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