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[applegrove]

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Trump Doubles Down on Call to Nationalize Elections

February 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 44 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/03/trump-doubles-down-on-call-to-nationalize-elections/

“President Trump doubled down on his view that Republicans should ‘nationalize’ voting in the U.S., questioning whether certain states should continue running their own elections as spelled out in the Constitution,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said Trump: “I want to see elections be honest, and if a state can’t run an election, I think the people behind me should do something about it.”

He added: “Take a look at Detroit…take a look at Philadelphia, take a look at Atlanta… The federal government should not allow that. The federal government should get involved. These are agents of the federal government to count the vote. If they can’t count the vote legally and honestly, then somebody else should take over.”

Applegrove: is Trump couching his vile, antidemocratic SAVE act in this "nationalize elections" garbage to make the SAVE Act seem like less of a threat? Like it is cushion sized instead of the threat it really is: BIG!

[johnnyfins]

1. He is trying to get congress to try and

Change election law because he knows he CANT do it. Watch for the "National Security Issue With Elections" scare to show up real soon. It will be horseshit, but the magats will swallow it whole. Tulsi will get her day in the sun and it will involve Georgia, the 2020 election, and Maduro.

Think Im nuts? Wait...

[dem4decades]

2. Why not just skip the elections and have Trump appoint Congress?

[dalton99a]

5. +1

[durablend]

6. Soon enough

"WE'LL HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CONGRESS THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN!!!!!"

[dem4decades]

8. People are telling him.

[a kennedy]

3. and we all know his teeny tiny brain, (like his hands) can't come up with this stuff......

So who’s behind all these gawd damn ideas???

[dalton99a]

4. "The only valid elections are elections that Republicans win. All elections that Democrats win are rigged."

[dweller]

7. He. Has. To. Go.

so tired of his bullshit
traitorous asshole

😑


✌🏻

[Bayard]

9. A state can't run an election if I do not win it, he says

Not even rethuglicans will go for this entry to Crazy Town.

[Disaffected]

10. Ho Hum

Another day, another shit storm...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. MaddowBlog-'Republicans ought to nationalize the voting': Trump eyes radical power-grab

Those concerned about democracy don’t have the luxury of simply shrugging with indifference to the president’s latest conspiratorial nonsense.

Four weeks ago: Trump floated the idea of canceling future elections
Three weeks ago: “When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election”
Yesterday: “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting”

But it’s not just rhetoric: all of this has come against a backdrop of concrete action.

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-03T14:05:32.050Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-ought-to-nationalize-the-voting-trump-eyes-radical-power-grab

Partway through the interview, Bongino briefly referred to crime rates, to which Trump responded with a meandering rant across a variety of unrelated subjects, including his bizarre beliefs about election administration.

Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-02T18:03:24.971Z

In the course of an unsettling tirade about his “landslide” victory in 2024 (which clearly wasn’t a landslide) and his belief that undocumented immigrants were brought into the U.S. specifically to vote against Republicans (undocumented immigrants cannot and do not vote), Trump elaborated on his vision for the nation’s electoral system.

“You know, it’s amazing that the Republicans aren’t tougher on it,” the president told Bongino. “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 has long made clear that he rejects the idea that Americans settle their differences at the ballot box, and in recent weeks he’s offered fresh evidence of his antipathy toward democracy. On the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks, for example, Trump briefly floated the idea of canceling future U.S. elections. A few weeks ago, he told Reuters that he’s so impressed with himself and his record that “when you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”

While Trump doesn’t have a credible plan to take over the nation’s system of elections, his increasingly frequent and radical declarations have been unsubtle. They’ve also begun to result in concrete action: It was just last week when FBI agents raided an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, seizing ballots and voting records as part of the president’s conspiracy theory, which included Trump personally thanking the agents for their efforts.

This coincided with Trump’s Justice Department pursuing an aggressive campaign to acquire voter rolls from states where Democrats won in 2024.

Those concerned about democracy, voting rights and the integrity of election results don’t have the luxury of simply shrugging with indifference at the president’s latest nonsense. It’s part of a broader pattern of behavior that extends well beyond ridiculous whining.

[Mc Mike]

12. Take a look at EVERY large population center in the nation, all carried by Dems, always...

[bluestarone]

13. I 100% believe the November election will be the one they really will go after.

I picture ICE doing things OUT OF THIS WORLD bullshit. Things we never witnessed before. Their purpose is to cause a constitutional crisis, because they own this supreme court. Believe me it's gonna be something!!