This morning, Donald Trump went on former Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino’s podcast and explicitly called for the end of American federalism and democracy.

He said: "The Republicans should say, 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places.' The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting."

He is talking about seizing control of the ballot boxes in the specific cities and counties that voted against him. He is talking about replacing local, non-partisan election officials with federal agents loyal only to him.

Now do you understand why the FBI, with the help of Tulsi Gabbard, raided the Fulton County elections office last week?

There is no investigation. It is a preparation for a full-blown election takeover.

He is manufacturing a crisis ("widespread fraud") to justify a "nationalization" of our elections before the 2026 midterms. He believes, as he posted last summer, that the states are merely "agents" of the federal government and must do what the President tells them.

The Constitution explicitly grants the power to run elections to the states to prevent exactly this kind of centralized tyranny. Trump is telling us, in plain English, that he intends to shatter that constitutional firewall.

He wants to turn the 2026 election into a federal operation, run by his DOJ, enforced by his ICE agents, and counted by his loyalists.

We have to believe him.

The raid in Georgia was the first shot across the bow. This statement is the declaration of war on the midterms.

We are building the infrastructure to fight this takeover and deliver a blow to Trump and his movement in the midterms. But we are running out of time and need to act now. Chip in to help us continue to fight for our elections and our democracy.

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He told us the plan. We have to stop it.

Steve Schmidt
Save America Movement

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