From The Hill: Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said he’s concerned the Trump administration will use Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to intimidate voters at the polls during the upcoming election.
In a Wednesday interview on “The Contrarian” podcast with Jennifer Rubin, the moderate Democrat sounded the alarm about President Trump’s call for Republicans to “take over” and “nationalize the voting” in “at least 15 places.”
“I am, we are all, greatly afraid with these roving ICE vans that we see in Minneapolis and other cities. Could those ICE roving vans be used to try to go and intimidate voters at the polling station?” Warner asked during a conversation about nationalizing the federal election. “These are all things that, you know, sounded maybe way out or draconian a year ago or a year and a half ago, but they are at our front door right now.”
President Trump reemphasized the need to nationalize elections, despite criticism from both sides of the aisle.
“I want to see elections be honest, and if a state can’t run an election, I think the people behind me should do something about it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday, surrounded by Republican lawmakers. “Because if you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections. I don’t know why the federal government doesn’t do ’em anyway.”
Trump added: “But when you see some of these states, about how horribly they run their elections, what a disgrace it is, I think the federal government [should get involved].”
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places,’” Trump said. “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”
President Donald Trump sparked controversy after suggesting in a Monday interview with former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino that control of elections in some states be transferred to the federal government.
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places,’” Trump said. “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”
Reacting to his podcast on Wednesday, Sen. Mark Warner warned that the public has grown numb to rhetoric he said encourages disregard for the Constitution, arguing that such remarks should set off alarm bells.
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