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President Donald Trump isn't backing off his calls for Republicans to "nationalize" U.S. voting, effectively ending constitutional rights for states to conduct their own elections.
“I want to see elections be honest, and if a state can’t run an election, I think the people behind me should do something about it,” Trump said on Tuesday during an Oval Office press briefing. The people behind him were congressional Republicans.
Trump listed Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta as cities that — according to him — are too corrupt to hold their own elections.
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