NEW YORK, CMC – Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke on Friday condemned what she described as intentions by President Donald Trump to nationalize federal elections.
“Donald Trump has made his intentions unmistakably clear: he wants to nationalize our federal elections because he and his Republican enablers cannot win them fairly,” Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, who represents the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).
“Time and again, he has signaled a willingness to undermine democratic institutions to cling to power and maintain one-party rule,” added the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). “Once again, he appears to be manufacturing baseless conspiracy theories, hoping to justify a power grab as voters continue to reject his extreme and deeply unpopular agenda.
“The CBC categorically rejects the legitimacy of any executive order rooted in thoroughly debunked claims of Chinese interference in the 2020 election,” Clarke continued. “Democrats will not stand by while Donald Trump attempts to seize control of our electoral system—and neither will the American people.”
In a joint statement, US House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle said, “Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to nationalize our elections, because he intends to steal them.
“Once again, the President appears intent on manufacturing conspiracy theories, so Republicans can desperately cling to power while the American people are overwhelmingly rejecting their extreme agenda,” they said.
“We reject the legality of any executive order based on debunked claims of Chinese interference in the 2020 election,” Jeffries and Morelle added. “Democrats will not allow Donald Trump to take over this (Mid-Term) election, and neither will the American people.
Earlier this month, Trump said he believed the federal government should “get involved” in elections that he claimed are riddled with “corruption.”
In an Oval Office address, the US President said that, if states “can’t count the votes legally and honestly, then somebody else should take over.
“Look at some of the places — that horrible corruption on elections — and the federal government should not allow that,” he added, accusing some Democratic-controlled cities of corruption. “The federal government should get involved.”
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