June 18, 2025

Donald Trump’s attack on free and fair elections took a dark turn this week. On Sunday night, Trump posted on social media that he wanted stepped-up immigration operations “in America’s largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York [because] These, and other such Cities, are the core of the Democrat Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base [and] cheat in Elections.”

Let’s be clear: Trump isn’t targeting these cities because of immigration. He is looking to cripple them as a source of the opposition party’s political power. That is why he called them a “power center,” and it is why he connects them to elections. Trump is laying the groundwork to misuse the federal government to undermine free and fair elections.

Trump repeated his intention again on Monday — while standing with world leaders at the G-7 summit in Canada...

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