https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/26/trump-elections-executive-order-activists/
Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
The idea of claiming emergency executive powers based on allegations of foreign interference attaches new significance to the administration’s actions to reinvestigate the 2020 election. Trump has never accepted defeat, while never finding evidence of widespread fraud. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is leading a review of election security that officials said focuses on foreign influence.
A 2021 intelligence review concluded that China considered efforts to influence the election but did not go through with them
President Trump may be privy to information that cannot, for national security, be released. Federal involvement in the elections is not ideal, but better than having foreigners exploiting openings in state-run systems in order to manipulate elections.
ReplyDeleteConsidered efforts and didn't go through with them? Really, they do think people are stupid.
ReplyDeleteUp here the Chinese interfered with Canadian elections. In response the government first denied the evidence, then hired a former Governor General to hold a sham investigation which, naturally, found no proof, and then was forced to hold a commission which again refused to consider any actual evidence before determining it didn't happen.
So I have no doubt the Chinese tried and will again try to influence the US elections. Come on, they engage in cybertheft, cyber warfare, cyber spying but when it comes to elections, oh that's too far for them?