Trump Calls to ‘Nationalize’ Voting; DNI Assigned on Election Integrity
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 594 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
With the midterm elections around the corner, President Donald Trump has issued a call to Republicans to “nationalize” the elections.
On that topic, after a Fulton County election office was raided by federal authorities, discussions began spreading on why the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was there. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt explained the operation in a recent briefing.
We’ll discuss these topics, and others, in this episode of Crossroads.
Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
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| 0:00.0 | President Donald Trump has issued a new call to Republicans to nationalize the elections. |
| 0:07.0 | And look, on a related note, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has also looked at the elections. |
| 0:12.0 | He's saying Democrats will do everything they can to stop efforts on voter ID. |
| 0:20.0 | And also, another topic, the United States is trying to rebuild its wartime production, |
| 0:24.1 | and a big old part of that is raw materials and rare earth minerals. |
| 0:28.6 | And now, guess what, a brand new strategic mineral vault is being announced to challenge |
| 0:32.8 | the Chinese Communist Party right here in the United States. |
| 0:36.5 | We're talking about these topics a lot more today. |
| 0:39.3 | Don't forget to hit the like button, subscribe to our channel. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm the Epic Times Senior Investigator reporter Joshua Phillip, |
| 0:45.3 | and you're listening to Crossroads. |
| 0:53.3 | With the midterm elections around the corner, President Donald Trump has issued a brand new call. |
| 0:57.9 | He wants to literally, in his own words, nationalize the elections. |
| 1:05.1 | Now, Fox News says this. President Donald Trump urged Republicans to take over and nationalize voting on Monday. |
| 1:14.8 | It said Trump made the comments during an interview with former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bonjino. |
| 1:19.5 | It notes under the Constitution, state set the rules for both federal and state elections, |
| 1:25.8 | establishing the, quote, times, places, and manner of holding |
| 1:30.7 | elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate, which is going to be problematic |
| 1:37.0 | for Trump trying to nationalize them, by the way. In terms of my take on this, that used to be the standard. In reality, of course, a lot of this |
| 1:48.6 | changed during the pandemic. Universal mail and ballots, ballot drop boxes, elections, security |
| 1:55.1 | initiatives. A lot of that started during the pandemic. And a lot of that really also happened in |
| 2:00.4 | 2024. |
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