US President Donald Trump has urged Republicans to 'nationalise' elections and repeated his false claims of 2020 election fraud in a new podcast interview. Trump stated, 'The Republicans should say: 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places.' The comments come in light of an FBI raid in Georgia to investigate voting records from the 2020 election. He did not specify which 15 locations should be nationalised.
Trump linked his call for federal control over voting to his broader agenda of deporting undocumented immigrants, claiming that without such actions, Republicans would 'never win another election.' Additionally, he mentioned the FBI's recent activities in Georgia's Fulton County, hinting at forthcoming revelations.
Despite losing the state to Joe Biden in 2020, Trump maintains that his defeat was a result of election fraud, a claim that has been widely discredited. His narrative is further complicated by his own legal challenges tied to alleged election-related crimes in Georgia, including a federal case and a state racketeering case which have seen varying degrees of legal progress.
In his interview, he reiterated his assertion that he won the 2020 election 'in a landslide' and that illegal voting occurred, despite a lack of evidence. The FBI's actions, including a raid in Georgia's election office, have sparked significant backlash from local officials who view these investigations as assaults on voter integrity.
Trump linked his call for federal control over voting to his broader agenda of deporting undocumented immigrants, claiming that without such actions, Republicans would 'never win another election.' Additionally, he mentioned the FBI's recent activities in Georgia's Fulton County, hinting at forthcoming revelations.
Despite losing the state to Joe Biden in 2020, Trump maintains that his defeat was a result of election fraud, a claim that has been widely discredited. His narrative is further complicated by his own legal challenges tied to alleged election-related crimes in Georgia, including a federal case and a state racketeering case which have seen varying degrees of legal progress.
In his interview, he reiterated his assertion that he won the 2020 election 'in a landslide' and that illegal voting occurred, despite a lack of evidence. The FBI's actions, including a raid in Georgia's election office, have sparked significant backlash from local officials who view these investigations as assaults on voter integrity.
