Intimidation
2020
2020-04-20 Trump threatened to send law enforcement officials to polling locations.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/trump-election-day-sheriffs
2024
2024-03-16 Trump said during a campaign rally in Vandalia Ohio, “If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a blood bath for the whole – that’s going to be the least of it. It’s going to be a blood bath for the country. That’ll be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars”.
https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2024/03/17/65f6f8c946163f0d418b456a.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-bloodbath-loses-election-2024-rcna143746
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/16/trump-bloodbath-biden-november-00147453
2025 March
2025-03-25 Trump issued EO 14248 to assert presidential control over federal elections.
2025 September
2025-09-26 The DOJ sued several Democratic-led states over access to voter information.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/25/department-of-justice-voting-rolls-data-00581182
2026 January
2026-01-12 Trump said he was sorry he did not sign an Executive Order he wrote to tell the National Guard to seize voting machines and ballots.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/12/trump-voting-machines-election-2020
THAT INTERVIEW, SUB WALL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/trump-voting-machines-2020-election.html
2026-01-23 Just one hour after agents executed Alex Pretti, Pam Bondi sent a letter to Tim Walz stating the Trump administration would remove ICE from the State if Minnesota met demands to hand over voter files, SNAP data, and repealed its sanctuary policy.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/26/nx-s1-5688964/minnesota-data-bondi-letter
https://people.com/pam-bondi-full-letter-tim-walz-after-alex-pretti-shooting-11892085
2026 March
2026-03-23 Steve Bannon described ICE deployments at airports as a potential “test run” for future election-related operations. He allegedly stated, “We can use this as a test run, as a test case, to really perfect ICE’s involvement in the 2026 midterms”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-8SGdG5AVY
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aeeULQ384v4
2026-03-27 Todd Blanche asked, “Why is there objection to sending ICE officers to polling places”.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-trump-doj-goon-backs-ice-patrols-at-polling-stations/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NL-pU5sQYvk
2026 April
2026-04-20 Kash Patel told Fox that arrests connected to the 2020 election would be forthcoming.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/19/trump-doj-redoubling-election-scrutiny-efforts-00880159
2026 May
2026-05-12 Trump threatened – much like in 2020 – to send uniformed agents to polls during midterms.
2026 June
2026-06-18 Senator Alyssa Slotkin introduced the Protect our Polls Act.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdTAlcArXiQ&list=WL&index=4&t=1s
2026-06-23 Elissa Slotkin introduced legislation to prevent troops from poll intimidation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWdgscirvUk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLgCiTHWFG8&list=WL&index=4
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/protect-our-polls-act-armed-military-polling-places/
2026 July
2026-07-07 The DOJ sent threatening letters to election officials warning they will face criminal prosecution over noncitizen voting. Hermeet Dhillon warned that she will be sending election monitors.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/trump-administration-voter-election-crackdown
2026-07-17 Markwayne Mullin threatened to prosecute and withhold aid from states that didn’t comply with DHS election directives.