President Trump said on Tuesday that he would discuss election security and voting machines during an address he plans to give to the country Thursday night, the latest sign of his intensifying focus on voting mechanics ahead of the midterm elections.
Mr. Trump has repeatedly described U.S. voting systems as corrupt and vulnerable, despite the fact that he won two presidential elections. On Tuesday, he claimed without specifics that he would share “really, really big news.”
“Our country has to shape up,” Mr. Trump said, calling it a “big announcement.”
“It doesn’t get bigger,” he added, “because without free and fair elections, you don’t have a country.”
The planned prime-time address is set to include other topics, as well, Mr. Trump said.
In recent months, the president has reiterated false claims that mail ballots are broadly insecure and that voting by noncitizens is widespread, as well as the baseless assertion that the 2020 election was rigged, despite the fact that no evidence of widespread fraud has been found.
The president is intensifying his focus on election security roughly four months before the midterm elections, as he has empowered his government and top officials to use the levers of the administration to reshape the rules and procedures around voting.
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