'Sowing doubt in the minds of Americans.' Trump doubles down on calls to nationalize elections
The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle
MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle
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🗓️ 7 February 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. Once again, I'm Stephanie Ruhl, and you know what time it is. It is time for the |
| 0:10.2 | nightcap. We are now 269 days away from the midterms. Are you ready? Because President Donald |
| 0:16.0 | Trump already appears to be laying the groundwork to contest the results. Earlier this week, he told NBC News that he would accept them, quote, |
| 0:24.6 | if the election is honest, according to whom. |
| 0:27.6 | He also called for nationalized voting or federal controls in several Democratic swing states. |
| 0:33.6 | No surprise there. |
| 0:34.6 | And he repeated false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. |
| 0:38.6 | Those claims are being amplified by the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsa Gabbard. |
| 0:43.6 | She is now looking for 2020 voter fraud, according to Trump at the direction of Attorney General |
| 0:49.8 | Pambandi, who said this earlier today. |
| 0:52.3 | D and I, Gabbard and I are inseparable. We are Pan Bondi, who said this earlier today. |
| 0:56.5 | D and I, Gabbard, and I are inseparable. |
| 1:02.9 | We are constantly together, as are the people behind us, we constantly talk. |
| 1:04.4 | We collaborate as a cabinet. |
| 1:08.9 | I'm not going to talk about any other details of that matter right now because George is a very important issue to us. |
| 1:15.7 | Okay. It's an important issue to them. Well, I think it is very important to remind you, again, that the U.S. defense and national intelligence officials from the Trump and Biden |
| 1:21.4 | administrations are abundantly clear. Both the 2020 and 2024 elections were both secure, and voter fraud in this country |
| 1:29.6 | is virtually non-existent. All right, let's bring in our nightcap. It's her first time here. Let's |
| 1:35.2 | see if she likes it. Alexandra Pelosi, documentary filmmaker David Gura, correspondent for Bloomberg |
| 1:41.6 | and host of the Big Take podcast, Christina Greer with a new haircut, |
| 1:45.4 | Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, and John Fugelstein, |
| 1:49.6 | bestselling author, comedian, and host on Serious XM Progress. |
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