Trump Sets Off Alarm Bells By Agreeing With MAGA Host He Can ‘Declare a National Security Emergency For Elections’
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President Donald Trump set off alarm bells on Tuesday after he called into MAGA media personality Wayne Allyn Root’s show and suggested that he was open to declaring a national emergency for elections in order to force through the SAVE ACT.
“So let me put an idea in your head, OK? Because it’s so hard to get the Senate to do anything — now they’re on recess — they don’t get anything done. If they never get the SAVE America Act done, you have the right to declare a national security emergency for elections,” Root began, adding:
And the Supreme Court ruled in 1983, under Reagan, that INS vs. Chadha– that if you declare a national security emergency as the President of the United States, they can’t challenge it.
It can only be overturned by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress.
So if you do this in the next month, we will get photo ID, proof of citizenship, and a limit to mail-in ballots, and you don’t even need the Senate’s vote.
“Let me just say that stranger things have happened,” Trump replied, adding, “OK, I’ll leave it at that.”
CNN anchor Jake Tapper shared the clip and added, “There is zero reason to not take Trump at his word that he and his team are planning something alarming to disrupt the midterms and beyond.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) added, “Donald Trump wants to take over American elections. Senate Democrats are prepared to combat his unprecedented, illegal efforts at every turn. Your vote belongs to you. We will ensure it stays that way.
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