US EditionTrump Says Republicans Should ‘Take Over’ and 'Nationalize' Voting in at Least 15 Places
Trump repeated unfounded voter fraud claims and urged GOP to seize control of elections in 15 states to influence midterm outcomes, raising legal and constitutional concerns.
- President Donald Trump suggested that Republicans should 'nationalize' voting and 'take over' elections in at least 15 places.
- Trump claimed immigrants were brought in to alter election results and widespread fraud occurred in states like Georgia.
- Trump's comments sparked criticism from Democrats, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer describing the proposal as 'outlandishly illegal'.
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Republicans should nationalize and take control of elections in at least 15 places, US President Donald Trump said on a podcast with former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongin on Monday. Currently, elections are held by individual states. Trump wants to nationalize them to prevent illegal immigrants from voting in elections, which he says influenced the 2020 election to his disadvantage.
Trump wants to nationalize the vote, although the Constitution leaves this to the states. His claims about the 2020 election remain unfounded. An analysis.
Trump Calls to Take Over Voting In 15 States, Democracy Concerns Grow
US president Donald Trump has ignited a firestorm of controversy after suggesting that Republicans should take control of voting in at least 15 states. Speaking on a podcast hosted by former deputy FBI director Dan Bongino, Trump claimed that states he lost had crooked counting processes and implied that nationalising voting was necessary to secure Republican victories. Trump's Proposal and the Reaction During the interview, Trump insisted that …
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN - President Donald Trump called on Republicans to "nationalize the vote" in an interview that aired Monday, as his administration pushes to overhaul basic election rules ahead of this year's crucial midterm elections. "Republicans should say, 'We want to take control, we should take control of the voting, the voting in at least 15 places. Republicans should nationalize the voting,'" Trump …
Trump Says Republicans Should ‘Take Over’ and Nationalize Voting in Some Areas
President Donald Trump said in a podcast interview with former FBI deputy director Dan Bongino on Feb. 2 that Republicans should “take over” the voting process in certain areas and place it under national authority. In the interview on “The Dan Bongino Show,” Trump alleged that election outcomes were being distorted by noncitizen voting and suggested that Republicans should do more to address it. “These people were brought to our country to vote…
Take Control of Elections From States, Trump Tells Congress
President Trump on Monday called on Republicans in Congress to seize control of elections, which would conflict with how the Constitution assigns that authority. In an interview Monday with podcaster Dan Bongino, Trump again asserted without evidence that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him and said the GOP...
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