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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

Constitution 101: States control elections, not Donald Trump

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

News, President, Ms Now, Washington, Versant, Congress, Policy, Politics, Versant Media, Msnbc, Government, Senate

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The President doubles down calls for Republicans to 'nationalize' America's elections, Trump's promised manufacturing boom is looking more like a retreat, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) joins Stephanie to discuss concerns over ICE's aggressive tactics as the government's top immigration officials are set to testify before his committee next week. Jeff Mason, Leigh Ann Caldwell, James Sample, Dan Nathan, Bharat Ramamurti, Sen. Ran Paul, and Scott Galloway join The 11th Hour this Tuesday night.

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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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