Last Monday, 2/2/26, on an internet podcast show, Trump openly urged Republicans to seize control of elections in 15 unspecified states.
Trump continues to spread his Big Lie that massive election fraud in the 2020 election made him lose the election for president six years ago and is continuing to spread the lie that immigrants have been voting illegally in national elections.
Trump has never produced any evidence of large-scale voter fraud that could have affected the 2020 election, and continues to openly lie about immigrants voting illegally. A post-election audit of the 2016 election revealed that voting by non-citizens in the U.S. is vanishingly rare, typically gets caught if and when it occurs, and is very, very far from being a massive problem.
Trump made his statement urging Republicans to seize elections on the Dan Bongino show.
Bongino was Trump’s former Deputy Director of the FBI, but officially left his government position on January 3, 2026 to return to his previous job as a right wing internet podcaster. He is known for using his podcast to spread conspiracy theories. He left the FBI after nine months there, during which he was criticized internally at the agency for his lack of experience. Bongino also clashed with Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of the Epstein files.
Trump’s proposal to have one political party seize control of elections violates the U.S. Constitution, which he took an oath to uphold at his inauguration.
The Constitution does NOT allow presidents to “nationalize” elections or put one political party in charge of running them.
• Elections are run by states and local officials, not the president.
• Presidents have no constitutional authority to take over elections.
• Congress can set limited nationwide rules about elections, but cannot hand control of elections to a political party.
• Elections are intentionally decentralized and run by the states as a way to prevent abuse of power.
• His suggestion amounts to an abuse of power.
Putting any party in charge of elections would violate the separation of powers and states’ rights under the Constitution as well as the requirement that elections be administered neutrally, and in a non-partisan manner.
time to begin impeachment proceedings
Somebody could ask how all of the candidate for various other offices feel about this, since those ice agents are going to be intimidating, blocking their voters as well. Commissioners, state offices, sheriffs, whatever…I suggest they suspend campaigns, don’t risk it, quit while they’re not ahead.