Overview
- Trump declared on Truth Social that U.S. elections are “rigged” and “fraudulent.”
- He urged Republicans to require voter ID and proof of U.S. citizenship, with mail voting limited to illness, disability, military service or travel.
- He pressed Congress to pass the GOP’s SAVE America bill to further tighten voting requirements for this year’s elections.
- He proposed federal intervention in jurisdictions he labels corrupt, suggesting federal agents handle vote counts despite no presented evidence and past court blocks on similar efforts.
- Democrats, led by Hakeem Jeffries, vowed to resist any nationalization of elections as Trump plans weekly travel to campaign ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms.