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How Republicans Turned Olive Garden Into a Voter ID Talking Point
The New York Times • • business
Key Points:
- President Trump recently made exaggerated claims about election vulnerabilities to urge the Senate to pass a voting restriction bill imposing strict voter ID requirements nationwide.
- Olive Garden revived its Never-Ending Pasta Pass, requiring customers to show photo ID to use the pass, which grants 13 weeks of unlimited pasta for $100.
- A social media post led Republicans to misleadingly compare Olive Garden’s ID policy for pasta passes to U.S. election voter ID laws, sparking widespread but inaccurate online and political discourse.
- The comparison trivializes serious voting rights issues by equating them with a casual dining promotion, misrepresenting both voter ID laws and Olive Garden’s business rules.
