THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent Trump Accidentally Lets Slip Dark Truth about His Plot to Rig Midterms
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Aug 19, 2025 David Daley, an analyst of right-wing election subversion and author of “Antidemocratic,” joins the discussion on Trump's alarming rhetoric regarding mail voting. He reveals the legal absurdity of Trump's plans to abolish it through executive order. Daley highlights Trump’s growing gerrymandering schemes and the serious implications for democracy, especially as the midterms approach. The conversation also focuses on how Democrats must respond to these tactics while stressing the need for reforms to safeguard election integrity.
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Trump Links Vote-By-Mail To Midterm Strategy
- Trump framed ending vote-by-mail as a national campaign to 'bring honesty' to the 2026 midterms.
- This public tying of policy moves to midterm outcomes reveals an explicit intent to influence elections.
Legal Limits On Presidential Control Of Voting
- Legal limits exist: states set the time, place, and manner of elections and Congress can alter rules.
- Yet Trump's claims that the president can unilaterally end mail voting ignore constitutional allocation of authority.
National Security Framing As A Pretext
- Daley expects Trump to frame vote-by-mail as a national security threat despite lacking evidence.
- That framing could be used to justify militarized or enforcement actions to intimidate voters.
