Donald Trump is using debunk claims about quote-unquote unfair elections as a pretext to send what he's now calling a large, quote, election integrity army to every state for the 2026 midterms.

Trump made that announcement in response to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer's new effort to push back against potential election

interference from Trump and Republicans. Now, Trump didn't give specifics on who actually

would be, you know, the so-called army, but, you know, his comments echo a strategy from

Republican operatives to install trained recruits as poll workers to monitor the 2024 election.

First of all, based on what we have seen since January 20th of last year,

he will leverage every single body carrying a badge and a gun to serve whatever purposes he thinks he can get away with.

We have had the Attorney General, in spite of a direct federal law, contravening his

assertions, say that he has no problem with ICE at polling places.

Again, Congress passed a law that was signed by a president, which forbids armed federal agents from being at polling places.

And we have a really shameful history from the Jim Crow and Reconstruction eras as to why that is necessary.

Secondly, we know from his first failed coup attempt in 2020 that he is willing to rile up a crowd like we saw in January 6th who are willing to destroy federal property, assault police officers, and generally make a mockery of every single thing that this country is

supposed to stand for. And it's important to note, he doesn't need to take over a polling place.

He doesn't need to start another insurrection. All he needs to do is use leisure domain and lies to cast doubt

on a few swing states and throw the country into chaos. And we have seen to get back to what we

were talking about earlier time and time again.

That it is unfortunately easy for him, whether by his skill or other people's goalability,

to hoodwink those who want to support him.

I mean, this was the scene inside the Louisiana State House last week as Republicans worked to jam through the new maps.

Protesters packing the halls demanding to be heard.

Frankly, some of the same in Alabama, where Republicans are trying to take away at least one of the two congressional districts in Alabama

represented by a black lawmaker.

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