"Yesterday afternoon, the president of the United States proclaimed that, going forward, the Grand Old Party and the Grand Old Party alone should be trusted to run American elections.
'The Republicans should say, "We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least, many, 15 places." The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.'”
~ Peter Rothpletz
"Trump is now calling for 'nationalizing' the midterms, meaning to put voting and the counting of votes under his administration’s control. He can’t do that, but his demand is a clear sign that he will not accept the public’ s verdict in November.
So it’s just being realistic to say that MAGA will try, somehow, to prevent voters from having their say."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/american-democracy-will-not-die-in
"The Trump administration is engaged in a multi-pronged effort to undermine the integrity of and confidence in the 2026 election.
At the center of the effort is President Trump himself."
~ Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting
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https://popular.info/p/the-plot-to-undermine-the-2026-elections
"It’s only February, and the November elections are already in peril."
~ David French
"Donald Trump did not come up with the idea of nationalizing voting by himself. He did not pull the 15 number out of thin air. This is on his mind because it’s what he’s talking about with his closest advisors.
Donald Trump has a team working on a strategy to give him and the GOP an unbeatable advantage in the midterms later this year and in the next presidential election in 2028."
~ Jill Filipovic
"Trump continues to use fake claims of voter fraud to justify his unconstitutional proposals for voting. Data doesn’t support Trump’s claims of widespread voting by non-citizens in federal elections. ...
Trump wants to disenfranchise legitimate voters, but it’s also about creating a narrative that the outcome of this election can’t be trusted—of course, only if Trump’s party loses."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting
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https://joycevance.substack.com/p/all-my-mornings-are-mondays
"And it’s also, with the 'surge' of ICE and its lawless arrests of American citizens and others legally in the country who have “the wrong” skin color, a way of keeping people away from the polls."
"Donald’s goal is to prevent another election from being 'stolen' from him, something that has never happened outside of his delusions. He wants to nationalize elections. If he and Republicans can strip states of their control, he will never have to worry about losing again."
~ Mary Trump
"We’ll just keep asking: Does that sound like the sort of guy who’s going to sit back and let the people vote for a blue wave?"
~ Bulwark
As Will Sommer notes, as Trump tries dusting off the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him and resurrects the loony conspiracy theories bolstering that Big Lie, he is getting the 2020 "election loon gang" back together — e.g., Tulsi Gabbard, Dan Bongino.
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #TulsiGabbard #DanBongino
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