Overview
- Conservative podcaster Shannon Joy speculated on X that President Trump could declare a national emergency tied to Iran to try to cancel November’s elections, and Marjorie Taylor Greene replied, “Yeah I could see it. INSANE.”
- Greene, now a vocal critic of the president, has also condemned the recent U.S.-led strikes on Iran, accusing the administration of risking civilian casualties in a series of posts.
- Trump previously floated the idea in January while speaking to House Republicans at the Kennedy Center, saying he “won’t say cancel the election” before suggesting they “should cancel the election.”
- Reporting underscores that a president cannot unilaterally cancel midterms because elections are administered by state and local officials, a structure that creates significant legal and practical barriers.
- Election-administration expert David Becker said thousands of officials remain committed to running lawful elections, while debate inside the GOP continues as Sen. Ted Cruz contradicted Trump’s claim that Iran was two weeks from a nuclear weapon before the strikes.