Constitution 101: States control elections, not Donald Trump
The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle
MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle
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🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight, the president doubles down on his push for Republicans to nationalize the elections |
| 0:06.6 | just months ahead of the 2026 midterms. |
| 0:10.0 | Then ICE's aggressive tactics are showing no signs of slowing down. |
| 0:14.1 | Now Congress wants answers. |
| 0:15.8 | Senator Rand Paul is here to talk all about it. |
| 0:18.6 | Plus, the president's manufacturing golden age |
| 0:20.9 | is looking more like a retreat |
| 0:23.0 | and his tariffs aren't helping |
| 0:24.6 | as the 11th hour gets underway |
| 0:26.4 | on this Tuesday night. |
| 0:31.8 | Good evening once again. |
| 0:37.3 | I am Stephanie Ruhl. The midterm elections are exactly nine months from today, November 3rd. |
| 0:43.9 | But even at this very moment, the future of our elections feels like an urgent issue. |
| 0:48.4 | Here's what President Donald Trump says about our American elections. |
| 0:53.8 | The Republicans should say we want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least |
| 1:00.2 | many, 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. |
| 1:07.3 | Hmm. Today, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt was asked about those very comments. |
| 1:12.4 | Here's what she had to say. |
| 1:14.5 | The President believes in the United States Constitution. However, he believes there has obviously |
| 1:18.9 | been a lot of fraud and irregularities that have taken place in American elections. And again, |
| 1:24.7 | voter ID is a highly popular in common sense policy that the president wants to pursue |
| 1:29.3 | and he wants to pass legislation to make that happen for all states across the country. |
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