Published Jul 17, 2026, 10:36 AM ET · Updated 4 months ago · 1 source

Trump speech lays groundwork for him to tamper with midterm results, critics warn

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Trump speech lays groundwork for him to tamper with midterm results, critics warn

Democrats and voting rights groups say Donald Trump’s primetime speech making unverified claims of Chinese interference in the 2020 election is the clearest sign yet that the president is laying the groundwork to tamper with the results of November’s midterms. The upcoming elections to decide the balance of power in Congress and many state legislatures will be a major test of Trump’s appeal to voters two years after he resoundingly beat the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris to return to the Whi