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Trump Declares War On The Midterm Elections. Trump’s Prime-Time Election Speech — And What Comes Next.
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Donald Trump has been telegraphing this punch for months, and now it’s landed. In a prime-time address to the nation, the president laid the groundwork to undermine free and fair elections this fall — the single greatest threat to his power. Paul Rieckhoff breaks down why this speech matters, why it wasn’t a policy pitch but an opening salvo, and why the free and fair midterms are the circuit breaker Trump most wants to disable. The Democrats aren’t ready. The Republicans are complicit or asleep…
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