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Ruling expands on earlier order that prevented implementation in 23 mostly Democratic-led states
The MAGA host “put an idea” in the president’s head about the elections, and he didn’t shoo it away.
Ben Blanchet at HuffPost:
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signaled his openness to declaring a national emergency ahead of November’s midterms, suggesting he could embrace MAGA media figures’ pitch of a federal takeover of elections. Real America’s Voice host and conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root, in a post-midnight interview with Trump, tried to “put an idea” in the president’s head that he has the “right” to make such a declaration if the Senate can’t pass the SAVE America Act. That bill would require Americans to prove their citizenship upon registering and to show photo ID to vote in federal elections. Root went on to claim that the national emergency could only be challenged by a two-thirds vote of each chamber and, if he were to declare one in the next month, “we will get photo ID, proof of citizenship and a limit to mail-in ballots.” Trump interjected, “Let me just say that stranger things have happened, OK? I’ll leave it at that.” For well over a year, MAGA activists have tried to push the national emergency plan to Trump and claim to have circulated a draft executive order with the White House that accuses China of interfering in the 2020 election as a pretext for making such a declaration.
[...] Other right-wing election deniers mentioned in a June report by Media Matters for America’s Alex Kaplan have described the proposal as a way for the president to give himself “king-like powers” and “be able to make the rules.” Trump’s comments arrive as he continues to lose steam with his base and suffers from abysmal approval ratings as Republicans worry that the White House is leaving them out to dry on addressing concerns around the Iran war and the cost of living.
See Also:
MMFA: Trump says “stranger things have happened” after Wayne Allyn Root pitches his national security emergency idea on elections directly to him
Democracy Docket: Trump signals openness to unconstitutional plot to take over elections
Speaking to right-wing hack Wayne Allyn Root on his Real America’s Voice show Monday night, Donald Trump telegraphed his openness to announcing a faux “national emergency” declaration before the 2026 midterms in November.
From the 08.10.2026 edition of Real America's Voice's America Speaks:
With the midterms approaching, the Trump administration and its allies seem desperate to suppress the vote. The president has pressed Congre
Jack Winstanley at MMFA:
With the midterms approaching, the Trump administration and its allies seem desperate to suppress the vote. The president has pressed Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, a package of legislation that experts say would create new barriers for voters and potentially disenfranchise millions. He has signed executive orders restricting mail voting and pushing for proof of citizenship in voter registration, and there has been significant chatter about sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling locations, which analysts say would be illegal. The executive orders have been struck down, and the SAVE America Act faces an uphill battle in Congress. President Donald Trump’s efforts to suppress the vote have a significant ideological precedent. For decades, right-wing media have advocated restrictions on voter eligibility, laying the groundwork for Trump and his allies to undermine the upcoming midterms and push for policies that would make it harder for some Americans to vote. In a review of our archives, Media Matters found that primetime hosts, podcasters, columnists, and the like have attacked women’s right to vote, encouraged limiting the vote to property owners or heads of household, and advocated civics tests as a voting eligibility requirement. Some have outright stated that they only want people who share their political beliefs to be eligible to vote, or suggested kicking recipients of government assistance off the voter rolls. More recently, right-wing media figures and online influencers have claimed that opponents of the SAVE America Act “want to steal elections” and “want the illegals to be able to vote,” continuing a years-long campaign of misinformation about mass election interference and widespread fraud. In light of this supposed fraud and interference, some commentators and election deniers have advocated more policies that could suppress voter turnout: restrictions on mail-in voting, getting “rid of” voting machines, or sending ICE agents to “surround” polling places. Others have called on Trump to sign an executive order declaring a “national emergency” to give himself “king-like powers” over the midterms.
Right-wing media figures have made various inane arguments over the years on how to suppress the vote.
The Justice Department can’t get a single win in its quest to obtain states’ voter rolls.
A federal court has blocked the Trump administration’s ban on voter registration assistance for new citizens.
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The Trump administration is getting new voter data from states in its attempt to take over elections.
