“The Republicans should say, we want to take over, we should take over the voting, the voting in at least many, 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting,” Trump told Dan Bongino, the former deputy director of the FBI, in a podcast appearance.
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On several occasions, Trump has pledged to change how the country votes, zeroing in on methods he falsely claims lead to fraudulent voting. In August, he said he was going to “lead a movement” to end mail-in ballots, and vowed to sign an executive order banning them, in addition to voting machines. He did not end up signing the order.
The president also kicked off a rare mid-decade redistricting campaign intended to help Republicans win additional US House seats in November’s midterm elections.
Trump coming up with ideas that Republicans had been implementing since Eisenhower is not a great sign for him in 2026.
Half the joke of this administration has been Donnie saying the quiet parts through a bullhorn. The other half has been him fumbling them in ways that would make Evan Mecham blush. Dick Cheney is absolutely spinning in his grave with this shit.