Defending the Midterms from Donald Trump
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The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC and the New Yorker. This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Ramnick. Speculation about the midterms has reached a real fever pitch as the final stretch is now upon us, and amid All the predictions about which party will emerge triumphant and by how much There's also been some alarm.
Will it be a free and fair election? As soon as Trump returned to office, he began making moves to create disruption. Demanding private voter data from states. Threatening election officials with jail time. And even seizing ballots from prior elections.
To investigate alleged fraud. And while so far, none of the White House's efforts have threatened to really significantly alter the results. The department of justice has hinted. That there's more to come. Attorney General Todd Blanch has not ruled out using force of law.
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