Trump Says ‘Jihadists’, Communists Being Elected Ahead of US Midterms
The administration is threatening funding and prosecutions as it seeks national voting rules, while states and courts push back and 25 states sue.
- On July 10, the Department of Homeland Security announced that FEMA would withhold 20 percent of grant awards under approximately $1.1 billion in disaster-preparedness programs unless states adopted Trump administration election rules.
- This directive follows a March 25, 2025 executive order seeking to overhaul federal election administration, which assigned the Election Assistance Commission a central role to rewrite voting guidelines and enforce proof-of-citizenship requirements.
- On July 7, the Justice Department warned election officials they could face criminal liability for knowingly retaining noncitizens on voter rolls, though the letters cited no evidence of deliberate violations by any state.
- Twenty-Five states and the District of Columbia sued on July 23, challenging the administration's authority to condition disaster funds—intended for terrorism and emergency protection—on adoption of election rules.
- As November approaches, critics warn that strategies disabling the EAC by removing commissioners aim to centralize election control, while Bannon predicted Trump would declare a national emergency over election integrity in late August.
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