Trump’s Election Fixation – The Atlantic

This week, Donald Trump known as for Republicans to “nationalize” the upcoming elections—despite the fact that state and native officers are charged with this function. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to debate this and extra.

When Trump got here into his second time period, he tried to “do away with mail voting, he tried to vary machine expertise, he tried to impose voter ID—nearly all of that has been thrown out by the courts,” Atlantic employees author Michael Scherer mentioned final night time. “What we’ve seen within the final couple weeks, although, is one thing else: He’s utilizing the complete energy of the federal authorities … to suck up data to try to verify the debunked theories that he has concerning the 2020 elections.” The president, Scherer added, is performing “within the hope that he would possibly discover a spark in all of the smoke that’s been created by his allies.”

Becoming a member of the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, to debate this and extra: Jonathan Lemire, a employees author at The Atlantic and a co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe; Jonathan Karl, the chief Washington correspondent for ABC Information; Scherer, a employees author at The Atlantic; Liz Landers, a White Home correspondent at PBS Information Hour.

Watch the complete episode right here.