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Trump's electoral assault is just getting started
Key takeaways
- All day long Republicans are winning, he claimed, until the very end when, of course, there was a massive mail-in ballot Drop! … and the Democrats eked out another crooked victory!
- Trump s baseless allegations of fraud, issued every time Republicans lose, are part of a comprehensive strategy to stack the deck in his favor.
- Under the Constitution, states — not the president — have primary authority over the times, places and manner of elections.
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Altschuler, opinion contributors - 05/10/26 8:00 AM ET Comments: Link copied by David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler, opinion contributors - 05/10/26 8:00 AM ET Comments: Link copied Getty Images Hours after Virginia voters approved a redistricting referendum on April 22, President Trump declared that the election had been rigged.
All day long Republicans are winning, he claimed, until the very end when, of course, there was a massive mail-in ballot Drop! … and the Democrats eked out another crooked victory!
Trump s baseless allegations of fraud, issued every time Republicans lose, are part of a comprehensive strategy to stack the deck in his favor.
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