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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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George Chidi

Trump suggests Republicans should ‘take over’ elections to protect the party

people stand at voting booths
Voters cast their ballots in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood in Florida on 4 November 2025. Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Donald Trump suggested on a conservative podcast released on Monday that Republican state officials “take over” and “nationalize” elections in 15 states to protect the party from being voted out of office.

Trump framed the issue as a means to prevent undocumented immigrants from voting. Claims that noncitizens are voting in numbers that can affect an election are a lie. But it raises concerns about potential efforts by the president to rig the November midterm elections.

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