https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/05/politics/leavitt-trump-contradict-nationalize-elections
Trump on Tuesday laid waste to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s efforts to pretend he didn’t say something as controversial as he did. And this has become an altogether familiar exercise.
The controversy du jour in the Trump administration right now is Trump having floated nationalizing elections.
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” Trump told former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino in a podcast episode published Monday. “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many — 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”
So up stepped Leavitt to suggest that Trump hadn’t actually said what he said.
She claimed Trump was instead referring to Congress passing the SAVE Act, a bill that aims to combat noncitizen voting in federal elections – something that is already illegal and that experts say rarely happens.
And sure enough, Trump on Tuesday made clear that he meant what he said. Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins what he meant by nationalize the election, he made no mention of the SAVE Act and doubled down on the idea of the federal government asserting a more expansive form of control
You've fallen behind. Where's the post about the Obamas as monkeys?
ReplyDeleteTrump does so many disgusting things it is hard to keep up with his garbage but your comment indicates you have no problem with his racism!
DeleteOh no, I'm just as appalled as anyone else. I just think it's part of his strategy. While you're frothing over this, he'll try some other initiative and you'll be too busy practising your angry face to notice.
DeleteSo you don't think he is racist but just uses race baiting as a strategy to distract? if so do you think it is a good idea?
DeletePeople love to accuse Trump of things but he had Blacks in his cabinet and administration.
DeleteI've said this for a long time now - Trump isn't pro or anti anything or anyone. He is simply pro-Trump and only thinks in that fashion.
And is race baiting ever a good strategy? Seriously, now every Black Republicans has to really question their membership in the party if the leadership doesn't immediately strongly condemn him and refuse to support him until he issues an apology.