Trump’s Questionable Claims Cast Doubt over Midterms as Dems Fret
A YouGov poll found 28% of voters already believe the 2020 election was rigged as Trump raises new doubts about election integrity.
- President Donald Trump used a prime-time address Thursday to repeat unfounded 2020 election claims and accuse China of the "illicit acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files" through a special intelligence unit.
- Struggling to find an off-ramp for an unpopular foreign war, Trump returned to his favorite grievance—the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden, taking a major political risk less than four months before midterm elections.
- Trump warned of "rogue bureaucrats" and called the United States election system "so broken and so vulnerable that no one can possibly defend it," claiming voting machines face hacking and corruption.
- Jim Himes, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, warned the president could be setting the stage to meddle in November's midterm elections and challenge results if Republicans lose congressional control.
- Joseph Morelle, ranking member of the Administration Committee, told C-SPAN that Trump intends to "sow so much confusion" in coming months to claim "extraordinary powers" and weaken democracy's foundation.
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Trump Baffles Republicans with Latest Moves
“It was an address that many Republicans and even some of President Trump’s own advisers didn’t want him to make,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “But 18 months into his second term, the president has little interest in hearing the word no.” “The prime-time address Thursday, in which Trump tried to raise doubts about the […]
White House Fact-Check Turns Trump’s Election Security Speech Into a Paper Trail
The White House fact-check of Trump’s election security speech gives supporters a document trail to point to, and puts pressure on Congress to answer the claims directly. The White House is trying to make sure President Trump’s election security speech does not get buried under the usual partisan noise. After the president addressed the country...
In his speech to the nation, US President Donald Trump accuses China of having intervened in the 2020 election. The DW took a look at the released documents to back up his claims.
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