#Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for #Republicans to “Take Over” #Elections
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#Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for #Republicans to “Take Over” #Elections
The comments, made on a conservative podcast, follow a string of moves from his admin to try to exert more control over #US elections.
Trump called in a new interview for the #GOP to “nationalize” voting in the US, an aggressive step that was likely to raise new worries about his admin’s efforts to involve itself in #election matters.
#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #democracy #Constitution #states
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-nationalize-elections.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for #Republicans to “Take Over” #Elections
The comments, made on a conservative podcast, follow a string of moves from his admin to try to exert more control over #US elections.
Trump called in a new interview for the #GOP to “nationalize” voting in the US, an aggressive step that was likely to raise new worries about his admin’s efforts to involve itself in #election matters.
#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #democracy #Constitution #states
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-nationalize-elections.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareDuring an extended rant about #immigration on a podcast released on Monday by #DanBongino, his former deputy #FBI director, #Trump called for #Republican officials to “take over” voting procedures in 15 #states, though he did not name them.
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” he said. “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many — 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”
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During an extended rant about #immigration on a podcast released on Monday by #DanBongino, his former deputy #FBI director, #Trump called for #Republican officials to “take over” voting procedures in 15 #states, though he did not name them.
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” he said. “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many — 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”
Under the #Constitution, #US #elections are governed primarily by #state #law, leading to a decentralized process in which voting is administered by county & municipal officials in thousands of precincts across the country. #Trump, however, has long been fixated on the false claims that #US elections are rife with fraud & that #Democrats are perpetrating a vast conspiracy to have undocumented immigrants vote & lift the party’s turnout.
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Under the #Constitution, #US #elections are governed primarily by #state #law, leading to a decentralized process in which voting is administered by county & municipal officials in thousands of precincts across the country. #Trump, however, has long been fixated on the false claims that #US elections are rife with fraud & that #Democrats are perpetrating a vast conspiracy to have undocumented immigrants vote & lift the party’s turnout.
#Trump’s remarkable call for a political party to seize the mechanisms of #voting follows a string of moves from his admin to try to exert more control over #US #elections, as he & his allies continue to make false claims about his 2020 defeat.
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#Trump’s remarkable call for a political party to seize the mechanisms of #voting follows a string of moves from his admin to try to exert more control over #US #elections, as he & his allies continue to make false claims about his 2020 defeat.
Last week, #FBI agents [& #TulsiGabbard] seized ballots & other voting records from the 2020 election from an #election center in #FultonCounty, #Georgia, where his allies have for years pursued false claims of election fraud. NYT reported Monday that #Trump had spoken directly to the FBI agents involved in the Fulton County raid, praising & thanking them.
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