Trump Keeps Pushing to Nationalize Elections in Democratic States, Even After Strong Denials from the White House

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🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Howie Kurtz on President Trump's comments about nationalizing elections and claims of voter fraud, the testimony of the siblings of Rene Gainger, who was killed by an ICE agent, and the DOJ's release of 3 million Epstein files containing new allegations against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Follow Howie on Twitter:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HowardKurtz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.5	It's the Media Buzz Meter with Howard Kurtz.
0:37.4	There is a headline in the New York Times today
0:40.7	that really sums up the entire Trump presidency.
0:45.7	Trump repeats call to nationalize elections
0:48.6	as White House walks it back.
0:51.7	When I was working on my book, Media Madness,
0:54.0	about Donald Trump's first year in office,
0:56.3	I remember a very senior official telling me that the inner circle did not want Trump to do a news conference
1:04.8	or answer reporters' questions because he had said X, the advisors were now saying Y, and this person was worried that Trump
1:15.9	would indeed walk it back, which is exactly what happened.
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