"Under the Constitution, it's the legislatures and states that really control how a state conducts its elections, and the president doesn't have any power to do that. But here we have a situation where the president is aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes. That causes a national emergency where the president has to be able to deal with it."
"A 2021 review from the U.S. Director of National Intelligence determined that China had considered interfering with the 2020 election but did not. The executive order is being circulated by Jerome Corsi, a conspiracy theorist who claimed that the nation's first Black President Barack Obama wasn't a U.S. citizen."
"It's ironic that Trump would try to blame China for interfering in his 2020 election loss, seeing as he has long railed against Democrats who blamed Russia for interfering in his 2016 election win. Trump has repeatedly called claims of Russian interference a hoax."
The White House reportedly plans to issue an executive order alleging Chinese interference in the 2020 presidential election as justification for declaring a national emergency. This would enable President Trump to ban mail ballots and voting machines, potentially affecting the 2026 midterm elections and 2028 presidential election. A Florida lawyer supporting the draft order argues the president has emergency powers to address foreign interference in elections, despite constitutional limitations on presidential election authority residing with state legislatures. The order is being circulated by Jerome Corsi, a conspiracy theorist. A 2021 U.S. Director of National Intelligence review determined China considered but did not interfere in the 2020 election. Trump has never conceded his 2020 loss despite losing by over 7 million votes.
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