"Democrats will stop Donald Trump from trying to steal this year's midterm elections, Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives said on Sunday. Jeffries' comments come amid widespread concern after Trump said Republicans should take over the voting. The US constitution gives states the power to set election rules and says Congress can pass laws to set requirements for federal elections."
"What Donald Trump wants to do is try and nationalize the election translation: steal it. And we're not going to let it happen, Jeffries said during an appearance on CNN's State of the Union. He added that Democrats so far had successfully blocked Trump's efforts to federalize the national guard countered a nationwide push by Republicans to redraw congressional district boundaries to their advantage."
"The Trump administration for months has been sowing doubt about the integrity of this year's midterm elections by filing lawsuits against states suggesting they are improperly maintaining their voter rolls. The FBI also undertook an unprecedented raid of the election office in Fulton county, Georgia, last month, seizing ballots and other voter information related to the 2020 election. Allegations of fraud have been debunked repeatedly in Fulton county, yet Trump has continued to repeat false claims about the county."
Democrats will prevent attempts to nationalize or steal this year's midterm elections by defending state and local control over election administration. The US Constitution gives states authority to set election rules and allows Congress to set federal requirements for federal elections; the president lacks power to run elections. Efforts to federalize the national guard and to redraw districts nationwide have been countered. The Trump administration has filed lawsuits challenging state voter roll maintenance, and the FBI raided the Fulton County election office, seizing ballots and voter information. Fraud allegations in Fulton County have been repeatedly debunked. A racist Truth Social post depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes was deleted by the White House, which blamed a staffer.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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