What Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting mean for the midterms
In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Donald Trump called mailed ballots ‘corrupt and out of control’ after the supreme court ruling. Composite: Rex/Shutterstock/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenIn a lengthy post on Truth Social, Donald Trump called mailed ballots ‘corrupt and out of control’ after the supreme court ruling. The Department of Homeland Security, working with the Social Security Administration, would have devised that list of supposedly ineligible, noncitizen voters.
- ▪In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Donald Trump called mailed ballots ‘corrupt and out of control’ after the supreme court ruling.
- ▪Composite: Rex/Shutterstock/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenIn a lengthy post on Truth Social, Donald Trump called mailed ballots ‘corrupt and out of control’ after the supreme court ruling.
- ▪The Department of Homeland Security, working with the Social Security Administration, would have devised that list of supposedly ineligible, noncitizen voters.
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In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Donald Trump called mailed ballots ‘corrupt and out of control’ after the supreme court ruling. Composite: Rex/Shutterstock/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenIn a lengthy post on Truth Social, Donald Trump called mailed ballots ‘corrupt and out of control’ after the supreme court ruling. Composite: Rex/Shutterstock/Getty ImagesThe Stakes 2026Trump administrationAnalysisWhat Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting mean for the midtermsGeorge ZornickThe extraordinary danger is that a president who believes he is the law, and the law is him, remains intent on disrupting the electoral process This was originally published in The Stakes 2026, a newsletter about the midterm elections.
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