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"President Donald Trump on Monday called on Republicans to "take over" and "nationalize" voting as he continued to make false claims about the electoral process in the U.S. with the 2026 midterm elections on the horizon.
Trump made the comments in an interview with former FBI Director Dan Bongino, who resigned from his post in December and returned to podcasting.
Trump alleged noncitizen voting was improperly influencing election outcomes, though experts insist such instances are incredibly rare and already illegal, and told Bongino it was "amazing that the Republicans aren't tougher on it."
"The Republicans should say, 'We want to take over,'" Trump said. "We should take over the voting ... in at least many, 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that are so crooked and they're counting votes."
The Constitution gives states the authority to conduct federal elections, subject to laws passed by Congress. The elections clause states, in part, that "state legislatures will establish the times, places, and manner of holding elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate."
Trump didn't elaborate on how he wanted Republicans to "nationalize" voting.
Asked by ABC News for specifics on what Trump meant, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson responded, "President Trump cares deeply about the safety and security of our elections -- that’s why he’s urged Congress to pass the SAVE Act and other legislative proposals that would establish a uniform standard of photo ID for voting, prohibit no-excuse mail-in voting, and end the practice of ballot harvesting."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the chamber's top Democrat, slammed Trump over his comments to Bongino.
"Just a few hours ago, Donald Trump said he wants to nationalize elections around the country. That's what Trump said. You think he believes in democracy? He said, 'We want to take over, the Republicans ought to nationalize the voting,'" Schumer said on the Senate floor. "Does Donald Trump need a copy of the Constitution? What he is saying is outlandishly illegal."
Trump's agenda is at stake in this year’s elections, where all seats in the House and 35 in the Senate will be up for grabs. Currently, Republicans hold narrow margins in both chambers -- but midterm cycles are historically unkind to the sitting president's party.
Last year, Trump and other Republicans pushed for mid-decade redistricting in order to gain additional House seats. The president warned Republicans last month that they have to win the midterms or he will get "impeached."
Trump also continues to litigate his 2020 election loss, spreading false claims of fraud.
Last week, the FBI searched and seized original 2020 voting records from the Fulton County Elections and Operations Hub in Georgia, a swing state that went blue in 2020 and helped secure Joe Biden's victory.
"Now you're going to see something in Georgia where they were able to get, with a court order, the ballots. You're going to see some interesting things come out,” Trump said on Bongino's podcast.
ABC News' Allison Pecorin contributed to this report."
from https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-urges-republicans-nationalize-voting/story?id=129793658
dogdayafternoon13
That's a signal from trump that's what he is doing isn't working and the local Republicans need to do more to steal the elections
duktayp
"because only Republicans can be trusted to hold honest elections"
OperatorWay
johnvilnis
15 places is very specific isn’t it? How many of those places will be states that Trump lost in 2020 and he is worried the GOP will lose seats in 2026?
CurbYourClassWar
Bob122872
ontarioOT
Hey Dan, what happened with those Epstein files?
No one should ever listen to that clown, let alone take hom seriously ever again (if they did before).
Tiammut
Remember when all it took to get impeached was a blowjob? *sigh*….. those were good times.
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
Imagine, just for 5 seconds, the shitstorm the GOP would throw if Obama or Biden had said this.
Elkku
no, i wont.. it mainly makes me sad to think that about 25 times per day and absolutely jack fucking shit will happen or has happend in last 10 years..
Jace99
USSA
meganical
This is a great slogan!
soup71
In Canada, voting rules are federal. Do your taxes? You can automatically be registered by checking a box. Riding boundaries are reviewed every 10 years based on population, not where white people live. It’s non partisan (currently) because who wants to win by fixing the contest?
Base841
And once again the Democratic leadership is furiously shaking their finger at this wannabe dictator and declaring, "that breaks the rules! You're unfair!* The weakness is breathtaking.
meganical
“We’re gonna call another judge to shame you! It will definitely work THIS time!”
scullette
Here it is guy. Here's the exact playbook. We've seen it coming for years
Yourewelcomeworld
Believe him for what he says cause he's definitely gonna do it. Georgia is only the beginning of this voting saga we're going to get into until at least the midterms.
flordelasantillas
Scott Leiendecker, an ex-Republican voting official, bought Dominion Voting Systems in 2025. Dominion (now named Liberty Vote) is used in 27 states. Trump's statement sounds like a marching order to ensure at least 15 states are rigged in favor or Republicans. Democrat Congress members do something to prevent this.
Gorgoror
maskedrabbit
I have to wait until they actually do it. My mom said so.
AyatollahBahloni
420supercoolusername69
Yet another thing Biden tried to do and was met with “we shouldn’t be federalizing elections” by Cons
DocFunkenstein
"So crooked that they're [actually] counting votes."
Jesus fucking Christ.
NeverDownvoteMelBrooks
Those bastards!
icouldntthinkofabetterusername2
“You said you weren’t gonna fact check!”
meganical
His eye color looks REALLY unhealthy in the second picture.
horseman05
Slashenaar
Nice gif...
horseman05
turbodog
Harken back to the "hanging chad" when the Supreme Court literally stole the election from Al Gore. This has always been the republican playbook.
meganical
Yeah, I never got over that. Gore believed in clean energy so imagine the world we could be living in if he had won
taez555
I thought he promised we'd never have to vote again, though?
Columbus43219
Listen, I hate that SOB, but.... What he basically said was (paraphrasing) that once we get the system unrigged, you won't need such a huge turn out to overcome all the cheating.
ReallyNotSure
you wouldnt. they do it for you. like in his big idol country russia.
eronth
Yeah, that'll be true if he takes over voting.
SugarSmack
They're working on it
B3N15
We should be worried about the, misinformation he'll spread and the post election shinanigans he'll pull similar to 2020, but we also shouldn't credit him with powers he doesn't have. Our elections are run by the states and there is no federal process he can abuse to change that. The ONLY way he could do it is with the compliance of hundreds, if not thousands, of state and local officials, many of whom are Democrats and most (regardless of party) have a vested interest in not allowing the...
B3N15
...federal government to usurp their role in elections, or send several million (100% completely loyal) federal officials to every single polling place in the United States AND still require the compliance of hundreds, if not thousands, of federal, state, and local officials, many of whom are Democrats and most (regardless of party) have a vested interest in not allowing the federal government to usurp their role in elections.